tomahawk

dig up (one's) tomahawk

To become angry. Of course he dug up his tomahawk—you insulted him in front of the whole town!
See also: dig, tomahawk, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dig up one's tomahawk

Rur. to get angry. (A jocular reversal of bury the tomahawk. Fixed order.) When Joe saw the mess we made, he dug up his tomahawk and went looking for us.
See also: dig, tomahawk, up
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • dig up (one's) tomahawk
  • dig up tomahawk
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • out of one's
  • (I've) got to go
  • save someone's skin
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • run someone out of town
  • other than (something)
References in periodicals archive
It seemed to Mr Eggleston and his team have also been seeking out locations for further Tomahawk restaurants around the region.
He used to run a pan-Asian concept in Yarm, Teesside, called the Lotus Lounge, which was converted into a Tomahawk Steakhouse.
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"We are looking to open a Tomahawk deli which will open from morning doing breakfast buns to go," said owner Howard Eggleston.
According to Popular Mechanics, the missiles seized by Russia are 'invaluable' as they will be examined by Russian researchers who could reverse engineer them and employ that knowledge to develop their own weapons capable of destroying the U.S.-made Tomahawks.
Built on the iF award-winning design of the original TOMAHAWK, the new X299 TOMAHAWK shows its strength through stainless steel heatsinks and MSI Steel Armor design, making the high-end motherboard much durable in any gaming session.
The Tomahawk flies what is called nap-of-the earth--very low altitude.
The Russian language Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily reported that 36 Tomahawk cruise missiles that the US navy fired at the Syrian Shayrat airbase on Thursday were possibly intercepted by the Russian warplanes.
Iraq has been in the Tomahawk's crosshairs most frequently since 1991, targeted by approximately 1,618 of the missiles.
-- After more than a decade in service, the Navy recently delivered an upgraded Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS) to the fleet.
The Tomahawk has been launched by supermarket giant Morrisons in time for Father's Day.
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But on the next play, the Tomahawk defense forced Rangers quarterback Daniel Lis to fumble, and junior defensive lineman Jake Poretsky recovered on the 12-yard line.