Drop-the-gloves Definition
verb
(Canada and US, ice hockey, idiomatic) To fight.
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(Canada and US, idiomatic, by extension) To remove a prior impediment to action; to prepare for or engage in a dispute.
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Origin of Drop-the-gloves
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From the practice of ice hockey players of removing their heavy gloves before striking blows in fistfights
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