handbags at ten paces
| Main Entry: | handbags at ten paces |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a weak but theatrical confrontation, harmless altercation; a verbal spat resembling a duel; also called handbags at dawn, handbag situation |
| Example: | What's it to be, handbags at twenty paces? |
| Etymology: | 1987 |
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