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pick fights

US/ˌpɪk ˈfaɪts/

pick fights is the alternative form of pick a fight.

Meaning of pick a fight

Verb

pick a fight (third-person singular simple present picks a fight, present participle picking a fight, simple past and past participle picked a fight)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To deliberately provoke someone into fighting.
    Synonyms:
    pick a quarrel

Forms of pick fights

third-person singular presentpicks fights
present participlepicking fights
past participlepicked fights
pastpicked fights

Questions about pick fights

What is pick fights the alternative form of?
Pick fights is the alternative form of pick a fight.
How do you pronounce pick fights?
Pick fights is pronounced /ˌpɪk ˈfaɪts/ (US).

Words near pick fights in the dictionary

  1. pick by voice
  2. PICK chart
  3. pick corners
  4. pick dressing
  5. pick fault
  6. pick fights
  7. pick flowers
  8. pick from a hat
  9. pick gooseberry
  10. pick gun
  11. pick guns

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