watch the fur fly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the way fur is torn from fighting animals.
Verb[edit]
watch the fur fly (third-person singular simple present watches the fur fly, present participle watching the fur fly, simple past and past participle watched the fur fly)
- To allow a vicious fight or altercation to result from something or observe such a fight or altercation.
Usage notes[edit]
There are many variants of this phrasal verb, including watch some fur fly, see the fur fly, see some fur fly, let the fur fly, etc.