on the warpath

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on the warpath

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  1. idiomatic Very angry or upset and eager for confrontation. Last year a committee of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America issued a report guardedly approving Birth Control. […] [M]any Presbyterians heartily disapproved. Last week the Presbyterian General Assembly met in Denver with Philadelphia's Rev. H. McAllister Griffiths and a corps o

    Similar: enraged, furious

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prep_phrase very angry or upset

Españolen pie de guerra
中文準備開火 /准备开火 zhǔnbèi kāihuǒ, 正在作战 zhèngzài zuòzhàn
Portuguêsem pé de guerra
Françaisfurax, furibond, en rogne, sur le pied de guerre
Deutschauf dem Kriegspfad, auf Kriegsfuß
Italianosul piede di guerra, sul sentiero di guerra
Русскийна тропе́ войны́ na tropé vojný

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@misc{on_the_warpath_2026,
  title = {on the warpath},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/on%20the%20warpath},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}