take up the hatchet

Verb

Meaning

take up the hatchet (third-person singular simple present takes up the hatchet, present participle taking up the hatchet, simple past took up the hatchet, past participle taken up the hatchet)

(idiomatic, archaic) To declare war or go to war.
Antonym: bury the hatchet

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

take up the gantlet take up the gauntlet take up the glove take up the mantle take up the post take up the rear