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

  • From the practice of ice hockey players of removing their heavy gloves before striking blows in fistfights

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