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Come to blows
verb
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Definitions
1.
verb
To fight; to initiate physical conflict, especially subsequent to escalating tension or antagonism.
2.
verb
To degrade into a fight or physical conflict (in reference to an argument or to a situation of tension or antagonism).
"They exchanged insults, without it coming to blows."
Synonyms
come to grips
duke it out
fight
slug it out
fisticuff
hit the fan
go ballistic
fistfight
hit out
infight
gnash
knock the living daylights out of
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