English Explanatory Dictionary

take up the hatchet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To declare war or go to war.

Word forms

take up the hatchet takes up the hatchet taking up the hatchet took up the hatchet taken up the hatchet

Etymology

Referring to Native Americans' use of the tomahawk.

Antonyms

bury the hatchet

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