come to blows
Example Sentences
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It’s “monkey see, monkey do,” she said, adding that she’s seen people nearly come to blows after drivers cut the line to snag a valuable spot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
In 2022, Liam told Logan Paul's podcast that things had almost come to blows.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024
But Medellín Legorreta worries the two heavyweights may come to blows as forest fragmentation worsens and climate change brings further warming and prolonged droughts.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023
“There’s no reason for it to come to that, to come to blows, to come to increased physical tension,” Kirby said at the White House.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 29, 2022
“As they say, two staffs in one town must come to blows, isn’t it so, Sir?” said the innkeeper, smiling and full of cheer.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
