take one's gloves off

take one's gloves off
take one's gloves off
Fig. to stop being calm or civil and show an intention of winning a dispute by any means. (As if boxers were to remove their gloves in order to inflict more damage. See also The gloves are off.) •

Both of them took their gloves off and really began arguing.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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