pick a quarrel/fight (with somebody)

ARGUEto deliberately start a quarrel or fight with someone （对某人）找碴/（向某人）挑衅

I could see he was trying to pick a fight with me.

我看得出来他是想找碴跟我打架。

Examples from the Corpus

pick a quarrel/fight (with somebody)• We adults do the same: we come home from work and start complaining or picking a fight.• Had never picked a fight in his life.• Barton Lynch's manager had once picked a fight with him.• Anthony Ryan was known in his family as able to pick a fight with his own fingernails.• His favorite thing is to pick fights with me and then leave brown lunch bags on our doorstep.• From a lack of communication, parents are more likely to misunderstand, blame, or pick fights with one another.• But it is hard to pick a quarrel with pasta.• The first thing Vicious does is start picking fights with these guys who are supposed to protect him.

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单词	pick a quarrel/fight (with somebody)
释义	pick a quarrel/fight (with somebody) pick a quarrel/fight (with somebody) ARGUEto deliberately start a quarrel or fight with someone （对某人）找碴/（向某人）挑衅 I could see he was trying to pick a fight with me. 我看得出来他是想找碴跟我打架。 Examples from the Corpus pick a quarrel/fight (with somebody)• We adults do the same: we come home from work and start complaining or picking a fight.• Had never picked a fight in his life.• Barton Lynch's manager had once picked a fight with him.• Anthony Ryan was known in his family as able to pick a fight with his own fingernails.• His favorite thing is to pick fights with me and then leave brown lunch bags on our doorstep.• From a lack of communication, parents are more likely to misunderstand, blame, or pick fights with one another.• But it is hard to pick a quarrel with pasta.• The first thing Vicious does is start picking fights with these guys who are supposed to protect him. → pick a quarrel/fight (with somebody) at pick1(5)
随便看	get into the swing of it get into the swing of it/things get into the swing of things get into the way of doing get into the way of doing something get into the way of doing sth get into the wrong hands get into top gear get in touch with get in touch with something get in touch with sth get into your stride get involved get in with get in with sb get in with somebody get it in the neck get jiggy get jollies get/jump/rise etc to your feet get just deserts get/keep your eye in get kit off get knickers in a twist get knotted