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单词
fighting words
释义
fighting words
in American English
US
Informal
a remark that stirs up antagonism
Examples of 'fighting words' in a sentence
fighting words
"He'd miss the way things he said to her could become fighting words.
Elmore Leonard
WHEN THE WOMEN COME OUT TO DANCE
(
2002
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It excludes 'fighting words, group libel, hate speech and defamation,' he points out.
Times, Sunday Times
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2017
)
Naturally, these are fighting words to counselors.
Houston Chronicle
(
2003
)
They were fighting words from a city not known for crime.
Times, Sunday Times
(
2018
)
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