handbags at ten paces
n.— «Undignified scenes at Highbury the last time these teams met, in the Coca-Cola Cup quarter-finals in January, with Bruce Rioch and Terry McDermott indulging in handbags at ten paces after Ginola had been sent off.» —“The Times Match-By-Match Guide To The Premiership This Weekend—Football—Preview.” Times (London, U.K.) Mar. 23, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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