fighting

Coming to blows.

This idiom or expression has to do with:

Fighting.

We were about to come to blows, and start fighting, when he suddenly apologized.

At each other’s throat.

This idiom or expression means:

Verbally fighting.
Arguing very angrily.

A. I thought they were gonna kill each other.
B. I know, they were really going at each other’s throat!!

Also similar:
Duking it out.
Going at each other.
Letting each other have it.

Fists were flying.

This idiom or expression like sentence means:

They were all fighting.
Fighting was going on.

Gloves coming off.

This idiom or expression means:

Situation getting worse.
Expect fighting to begin.

A. It’s a nasty campaign. You think gloves will be coming off?
B. As far as I’m concerned gloves are off already!

Fighting chance.

This idiom or expression means:

A slight chance.
A chance to win, but with difficulty.

A. Are you gonna try for the team?
B. No, I don’t have a fighting chance.
A. Then I won’t either.
B. No, you should. You can still do it, but you really have to work at it.

You wanna step outside?

This idiom or expression like question means:

Do you want to fight?

Also:
Taking it outside.
Stepping outside.
Continuing it outside.

History: 
If someone wants to have a fight with another person, and they want to be relatively civilized about it, then they invite the other person to go and have the fight outside. This could be outside the workplace, or a bar, or a friend’s house, etc., so others wouldn’t be disturbed! So, stepping outside usually means heading for a fight!!
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