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start something
verb as in throw down the gauntlet
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"You'd better keep those hands up," he went on quickly, as he saw the two rascals making a move as if to start something.
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"Oh, we'll start something, leave it to us," said Roly Poly.
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It would be approximate, of course, but it would give us a start—something more definite than we have now.
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To tell the truth, I was spoiling for a fight and I half wished they would start something.
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"You go awn and start something—and you'll wisht you hadn't," they heard him croak from the big gate, and chuckled over his wrath.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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