spoiling for a fight

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argumentative; asking for a fight. They were just spoiling for a fight, and they went outside to settle the matter. She was grouchy, and you could tell she had been spoiling for a fight all day.

See also: fight, spoil

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Obama, who is trying to navigate a climate of sharp political partisanship, said he was spoiling for a fight to enact his ambitious agenda. Obama: 'I'm skinny ... but tough' by AFP / AFP Global Edition Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon accused city council leader Steven Purcell of spoiling for a fight at an explosive meeting on Thursday night. OFF THE RAILS; SNP's deputy and city leader in explosive bust-up over ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Glasgow lawyer Andrew McKinlay, 36, said: "Some riot cops looked as if they were spoiling for a fight. TARTAN ARMY IN GUN TERROR; RIOT COPS TERRIFY SUPPORTERS by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			splatter up splay out splice splice to splice together splinter off split split a gut split between split hairs split in split into split off split people up split second split sides split the difference split up split with splitting headache splurge on spoil spoil rotten spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tar spoiled rotten spoiling for a fight spoke spoken spoken for sponge sponge away sponge down sponge from sponge off of sponge up spook spoon spoon out spoon up spoon-feed sport sport of kings sport with sporting sporting chance spot spot as spotlight spout spout from spout off			spoilation spoiled spoiled spoiled spoiled Spoiled brat Spoiled brat Spoiled brat Spoiled Gradient Recalled Spoiled Gradient-Recalled Echo Spoiled milk Spoiled milk Spoiled milk spoiled priest spoiled rotten Spoiled Rotten Brat spoiler spoiler Spoiler Control Electronic Flap Computer Spoiler Elevator Computer Spoilers Spoilers Spoilfive Spoilful spoiling spoiling spoiling spoiling spoiling spoiling attack spoiling for a fight spoils spoils spoils spoils spoils system spoils system spoils systems spoils systems Spoilsman spoilsmen Spoilsmonger spoilsport Spoilsport (comics) spoilsports spoilt spoilt spoilt spoilt Spoilt vote Spoirts Spoirts Spoirts Spoirts SPOJ Spojene Staty Americke SPOK Spokan Spokane Spokane Spokane

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