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Meanings of pick a fight in English

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Usage of pick a fight in English
1
I've never seen Amos pick a fight he didn't plan to win.
Cibola Burn
2
But for God's sake don't try to pick a fight with me.
Lucky Jim
3
Mpho knows better than to pick a fight but does so anyway.
The South African
4
Let's pick a fight on enterprise grounds where I can clobber you.'
Wired
5
She was peeved, wanting to pick a fight with her jet-lagged father.
The increment: a novel
6
Didn't mean to sound like I was trying to pick a fight.
In Fire Forged
7
Most likely, some religious scholar had trailed him home to pick a fight.
The Da Vinci Code
8
I couldn't remember a time when I wasn't willing to pick a fight.
Coyote dreams
9
And then he's decided to pick a fight over releasing stuff, Gingrich said.
Reuters
10
Mr Putin was there to pick a fight, Mr Gates to mend fences.
The Irish Times
11
I'm not going to pick a fight with them about that.
News.com.au
12
A particularly angry ghost was circling the tree, trying to pick a fight.
Monster Hunter Vendetta
13
Turn up out of nowhere, pick a fight, then duck out.
Torment
14
Anyway, I didn't pick a fight with Matt and he didn't with me.
Confessions of a wall street analyst: a true story of inside inf...
15
Leonid Kareshi was not a man you'd pick a fight with.
Bryant & may on the loose: a peculiar crimes unit mystery
16
He wouldn't pick a fight with someone as big as Ethan!
Shadows
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