"come to blows" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1841, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 6, in The Deerslayer:",
          "text": "I'll follow you, Floating Tom, into the Mingo camp, on such an arr'nd, and will strive to do my duty, should we come to blows; though, never having been tried in battle, I don't like to promise more than I may be able to perform.",
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          "ref": "1905, Upton Sinclair, chapter I, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:",
          "text": "[T]here is a variety of drunkenness. . . . Some stagger about in each other's arms, whispering maudlin words—others start quarrels upon the slightest pretext, and come to blows and have to be pulled apart.",
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          "ref": "1966 September 9, “LA Jumpy? Two Stars Near Blows”, in Milwaukee Sentinel, USA, retrieved 2010-08-29:",
          "text": "The argument grew heated and teammates grabbed the pair to prevent them from coming to blows.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009 March 24, Rania Abouzeid, “Arab-Kurd Tensions Could Threaten Iraq's Peace”, in Time:",
          "text": "Iraqi security forces and peshmerga almost came to blows in the disputed area of Khanaqin, in Diyala province, after Iraqi troops tried to enter the mixed town.",
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        "To fight; to initiate physical conflict, especially subsequent to escalating tension or antagonism."
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        "(idiomatic) To fight; to initiate physical conflict, especially subsequent to escalating tension or antagonism."
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          "text": "They exchanged insults, without it coming to blows.",
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        "To degrade into a fight or physical conflict (in reference to an argument or to a situation of tension or antagonism)."
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        "(impersonal) To degrade into a fight or physical conflict (in reference to an argument or to a situation of tension or antagonism)."
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      "_dis1": "51 49",
      "word": "come to grips"
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      "word": "duke it out"
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 March 24, Rania Abouzeid, “Arab-Kurd Tensions Could Threaten Iraq's Peace”, in Time:",
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        "(idiomatic) To fight; to initiate physical conflict, especially subsequent to escalating tension or antagonism."
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