dig up tomahawk

dig up (one's) tomahawk

To become angry. Of course he dug up his tomahawk—you insulted him in front of the whole town! Don't say anything critical about his book, unless you want him to dig up his tomahawk. Gosh, she's so irritating. Every little thing she does makes me dig up my tomahawk.

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dig up one's tomahawk

Rur. to get angry. (A jocular reversal of bury the tomahawk. Fixed order.) When Joe saw the mess we made, he dug up his tomahawk and went looking for us.

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