Idioms

come close to blows

come close to blows

To nearly devolve into a physical fight. Shopping on Black Friday can be so frenetic and crazy that many customers come close to blows with one another! The ref and the player came close to blows about that missed call. Tony and the boss came close to blows, but it ended up being little more than a minor disagreement, thankfully.
See also: blow, close, come, to
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