drop the gloves

Language: en

Meaning: (CanadaandUS,ice hockey,idiomatic)Tofight.2007March 27, Mike Brophy, “Getting rid of the goons”, inGlobe and Mail, Canada, retrieved14 October 2008:Nobody used to care when players such as John Ferguson, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe and Maurice Richarddropped the gloves, because they could play the game, too.; (CanadaandUS,idiomatic,by extension)To remove a priorimpedimentto action; to prepare for or engage in adispute.2000January 30, Thomas DeFranket al., “George W. & Al Bank on Bubba”, inNew York Daily News, retrieved14 October 2008:But Bradley, whodropped the gloveson Gore in a combative debate Wednesday night and called the vice president chronically dishonest, ignored Sullivan's advice.

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