start a fight
1start a fight — index attack Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2start a fight — provoke an argument, cause a scuffle …
3start something — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble; cause a quarrel or fight. * /John is always starting something./ * /Jack likes to play tricks on the other boys to start something./ Compare: MAKE SOMETHING OF …
4start something — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble; cause a quarrel or fight. * /John is always starting something./ * /Jack likes to play tricks on the other boys to start something./ Compare: MAKE SOMETHING OF …
5start — 1 verb 1 BEGIN DOING STH (I, T) to begin doing something: start doing sth: I ve just started learning German. | We d better start getting dressed soon. | start to do sth: When Tom heard this he started to laugh uncontrollably. | Things started to …
6fight — I n. straggle 1) to pick, provoke, start a fight (he picked a fight with me) 2) to put up, wage a fight (to wage a fight against corruption) 3) to get into a fight (to get into a fight with a neighbor about the property line) 4) a bitter,… …
7fight — 1 /faIt/ past tense and past participle fought verb 1 WAR (I, T) to take part in a war or battle: Did your Uncle fight in the last war? | fight sb: Vietnam fought France and then the US over 30 years. (+ against/with): He fought against the… …
8fight */*/*/ — I UK [faɪt] / US verb Word forms fight : present tense I/you/we/they fight he/she/it fights present participle fighting past tense fought UK [fɔːt] / US [fɔt] past participle fought 1) [intransitive/transitive] if people fight, they use guns or… …
9fight — fight1 W1S1 [faıt] v past tense and past participle fought [fo:t US fo:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(war)¦ 2¦(hit people)¦ 3¦(try to do something)¦ 4¦(prevent something)¦ 5¦(compete)¦ 6¦(argue)¦ 7¦(sport)¦ 8¦(emotion)¦ 9¦(law)¦ …
10fight — fight1 [ faıt ] (past tense and past participle fought [ fɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 use weapons ▸ 2 hit/kick/bite each other ▸ 3 disagree/argue ▸ 4 try hard to prevent something ▸ 5 try hard to achieve something ▸ 6 try not to show/do something ▸ 7… …
