"bang some heads together" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bangs some heads together [present, singular, third-person], banging some heads together [participle, present], banged some heads together [participle, past], banged some heads together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bang some heads together (third-person singular simple present bangs some heads together, present participle banging some heads together, simple past and past participle banged some heads together)
  1. (idiomatic) Attempt to get results from a previously ineffectual or argumentative group, typically by coercion or force. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bang_some_heads_together-en-verb-Z~KP8211 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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