bang some heads together

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Attempt to get results from a previously ineffectual or argumentative group, typically by coercion or force.We need tobang some heads togetherto get the plan finished before the deadline.200308, Nick Farrell,Magical Pathworking: Techniques of Active Imagination, Llewellyn Worldwide,→ISBN, page81:Your role as a chieftain is to bring peace to your hall, and sometimes it is going to meanbanging some heads together, other times it is going to require some skilful diplomacy.2005July 21, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee,Ageing: Scientific Aspects; 1st Report of Session 2005-06, The Stationery Office,→ISBN, page291:What we need is somebody tobang some heads togetherand make sure that the funding, the infrastructure and the direction are there to promote the kind of excellence in research that we would like.2014August 19, H.D.S. Greenway,Foreign Correspondent: A Memoir, Simon and Schuster,→ISBN:The Bosnian War ended during the Clinton administration when Richard Holbrookebanged some heads togetherin Dayton, Ohio.

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