the handbags come out

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  1. A row intensifies; a dispute becomes heated. UK,idiomatic,rare
    — "I'm ready to take the blame for all the problems of English football, if that is what he wants." The handbags come out early doors when Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger responds to Ferguson's dig about the Gunners' foreign contingent.

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Coined c. March 2nd, 2004 by Jeremy St. Louis on the radio show Fox Sports World Report. Derives from women hitting each other with handbags during a catfight; compare earlier handbags, handbags at dawn.
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