with guns blazing
also all guns blazingIf you do something, especially argue, with guns blazing, you do it with a lot of force and energy:
I went into the meeting with guns blazing, determined not to let him win.
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Strong-willed
- a firm hand idiom
- adamant
- adamantine
- aggressive
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- fury
- go-getter
- going
- gutsy
- hard-boiled
- importunate
- pertinacious
- pigheaded
- purposeful
- pushy
- ravening
- recalcitrant
- wilful
- will not take no for an answer idiom
- willful
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