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picks a fight

picks a fight is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

Questions about picks a fight

What is picks a fight the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Picks a fight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pick a fight.

Words near picks a fight in the dictionary

  1. Pickrels
  2. Pickrem
  3. Pickron
  4. Pickrons
  5. picks
  6. picks a fight
  7. picks a hole in someone's coat
  8. picks a lane
  9. picks a quarrel
  10. picks and chooses
  11. picks and passes

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