come close to blows

come close to blows

To nearly devolve into a physical fight. Shopping on Black Friday can be so frenetic and crazy that many customers come close to blows with one another!
See also: blow, close, come
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • come to blows
  • come to blows, to
  • come to blows about (something)
  • blow one's mind, to
  • devolve
  • devolve (up)on (someone or something)
  • devolve on
  • beat/scare the daylights out of somebody