take up the hatchet

To fight, especially in a violent manner. The feud has lasted for so long that neither family remembers why they took up the hatchet against the other.

See also: hatchet, take, up

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hang up (one's) hatchet
do a hatchet job on
do a hatchet job on (someone or something)
hatchet job
a hatchet job
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all manner of
all manner of (people or things)
in a manner of speaking

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take umbrage with (something)
take umbrage, to
take under advisement
take under one's wing
take up
take up (one's) abode
take up (the) cudgels against (someone or something)
take up a collection
take up abode
take up arms
take up arms (against someone or something)
take up for
take up for (someone or something)
take up on
take up residence
take up residence in (some place)
take up room
take up space
take up the challenge
take up the cudgel(s)
take up the cudgel(s) for (someone or something)
take up the cudgel(s) on behalf of (someone or something)
take up the cudgels
take up the cudgels for somebody/something
take up the gauntlet
take up the hatchet
take up the running
take up the slack
take up time
take up to
take up to (someone, something, or some place)
take up where (one) left off
take up where one left off
take up with
take up with (one)
take up with (something)
take vows
take what (one) says with a dash of salt
take what (one) says with a grain of salt
take what (one) says with a pinch of salt
take wing
take with
take with (one or something)
take with a pinch of salt
take with one
take word for
take word for it
take wrong
take years off
take years off (of) (one)
take years off somebody
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take up the cudgels against you
take up the cudgels for
take up the cudgels for her
take up the cudgels for him
take up the cudgels for it
take up the cudgels for me
take up the cudgels for one
take up the cudgels for somebody
take up the cudgels for somebody/something
take up the cudgels for someone
take up the cudgels for something
take up the cudgels for them
take up the cudgels for us
take up the cudgels for you
take up the cudgels on behalf of
take up the cudgels on behalf of her
take up the cudgels on behalf of him
take up the cudgels on behalf of it
take up the cudgels on behalf of me
take up the cudgels on behalf of one
take up the cudgels on behalf of somebody
take up the cudgels on behalf of someone
take up the cudgels on behalf of something
take up the cudgels on behalf of them
take up the cudgels on behalf of us
take up the cudgels on behalf of you
take up the gauntlet
take up the gauntlet
take up the gauntlet
take up the gauntlet
take up the hatchet
take up the reins
take up the running
take up the slack
take up the slack
take up the slack
take up their abode
take up their abodes
take up their time
take up time
take up to
take up to (someone, something, or some place)
take up where (one) left off
take up where (someone) left off
take up where he left off
take up where I left off
take up where left off
take up where one left off
take up where she left off
take up where they left off
take up where we left off
take up with
take up with
take up with
take up with
take up with
take up with
take up with (one)
take up with (someone)
take up with (something)
take up with her
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