English Explanatory Dictionary

watch the fur fly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To allow a vicious fight or altercation to result from something or observe such a fight or altercation.

Word forms

watch the fur fly watches the fur fly watching the fur fly watched the fur fly

Etymology

From the way fur is torn from fighting animals.

Related words

make the fur fly watch the feathers fly

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