pick a fight

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to deliberately start a fight or an argument with sb

   What I do know is you got stoned you tried to pick a fight

In the movies · 8

• What I do know is you got stoned you tried to pick a fightEyes Wide Shut1999
• You just picked a fight with a poorly disguised hedgehogSonic the Hedgehog2020
• From which you will pay the king an annual duty...Braveheart1995
• rethink things pick a fightSouthpaw2015
• I'm going to pick a fight.Braveheart1995
• This is not the place to pick a fight okayUncharted2022
• Pick a fight. And lose. I'm tired of pretending.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022
• You keep trying to pick a fight, but I'm just happy you're alive.The Incredibles2004

Learn it in full scenes

• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022
  • The Puzzle Box Invitation
  • Miles Welcomes the Group to His Island
  • Miles's Disruption Dinner Speech

From the same entry

• pick and choose
• pick brains
• pick holes in
• pick a lock
• pick pocket
• pick up the bill, tab
• pick up the pieces
• pick up speed
• pick up the threads
• pick your way
• pick a winner
• have a bone to pick with

More idioms

• without exception
• wouldn't be seen dead
• make use of
• with open arms
• on the run
• yes sir
• at expense
• be good friends
• by comparison
• have a part
• have your doubts
• in theory