"pick a fight" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "picks a fight",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picking a fight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picked a fight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picked a fight",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "pick a fight (third-person singular simple present picks a fight, present participle picking a fight, simple past and past participle picked a fight)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To deliberately provoke someone into fighting."
      ],
      "id": "en-pick_a_fight-en-verb-13zd72g0",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "look for trouble"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pick a quarrel"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "haastaa riitaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "Streit suchen"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "háptomai mákhēs",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ἅπτομαι μάχης"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "procurar briga"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "comprar brigar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pick a fight"
}

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      "form": "picks a fight",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picking a fight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picked a fight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "picked a fight",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "pick a fight (third-person singular simple present picks a fight, present participle picking a fight, simple past and past participle picked a fight)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "look for trouble"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To deliberately provoke someone into fighting."
      ]
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pick a quarrel"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "haastaa riitaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Streit suchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "háptomai mákhēs",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἅπτομαι μάχης"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "procurar briga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "comprar brigar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pick a fight"
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