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.
See also:
  • 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