pick a fight

idiom

: to deliberately start a fight with someone

It would be foolish to pick a fight with that guy.

Examples of pick a fight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sometimes, leaders pick a fight with a big personality to exert their authority, and although only Amorim knows what his motivations for ostracizing Rashford are, his decision not to attempt to reintegrate the forward quickly appeared to harden to the point of principle. —Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025

Pretty soon, no one in the neighborhood wanted to pick a fight with him. —Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025

But refusing to participate became a way for Trump to pick a fight with the Republican National Committee. —Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024

The last-minute decision to kill the pending endorsement of Vice President Harris, however, sparked outrage and raised questions about whether Bezos’s financial interests weigh on a decision not to pick a fight with Trump given his strong chance of being reelected president. —Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024

Rhymes for pick a fight

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