Idiom
move furniture
Meaning
To engage someone physically; to brawl.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Those two guys started to move furniture outside the bar.”
“The argument escalated quickly, and soon the two rivals were ready to move furniture in the parking lot.”
“Witnesses reported that the heated verbal dispute suddenly turned physical, with both men beginning to move furniture until the police arrived to intervene.”
Examples
simple
“Those two guys started to move furniture outside the bar.”
contextual
“The argument escalated quickly, and soon the two rivals were ready to move furniture in the parking lot.”
complex
“Witnesses reported that the heated verbal dispute suddenly turned physical, with both men beginning to move furniture until the police arrived to intervene.”
Origin
Derived from the observation that the physical effort involved in the activity is sufficient to cause the displacement of household furniture.
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