take up the hatchet
take up the hatchet
To fight, especially in a violent manner. The feud has lasted for so long that neither family remembers why they took up the hatchet against the other.
See also: hatchet, take, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hang up (one's) hatchet
- do a hatchet job on
- do a hatchet job on (someone or something)
- hatchet job
- a hatchet job
- à la
- la
- all manner of
- all manner of somebody/something
- in a manner of speaking