buy wolf ticket

buy a/(one's) wolf ticket

To challenge or respond hostilely to one's threats of violence or menacing, boastful words. Don't buy his wolf ticket—I know for a fact that he carries a knife and would be all too happy to put it to use. If that obnoxious drunk guy at the bar finds someone to buy his wolf ticket, he's going to get himself knocked out. "All right, tough guy, I'll buy your wolf ticket!" But as soon as he stood up and revealed himself to be 6'5", I knew I'd made a terrible mistake.

See also: buy, ticket, wolf

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buy someone's wolf ticket

Sl. to challenge someone's boast or taunt. He wants me to buy his wolf ticket bad. He's such a fighter. He'll buy anybody's wolf ticket.

See also: buy, ticket, wolf

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.