Aggression Phrases

Phrases

• Action Jackson (Nickname of Stephen Jackson)
• Action Man (Nickname of Prince Charles)
• Action Man (children's male doll)
• Action packed
• Action painting
• Action plan
• Action replay
• Action stations
• Affirmative action
• All guns blazing
• Amped up (excited and ready for action)
• Bare one's teeth
• Bite someone's head off
• Call to action
• Carry into action
• Come out fighting
• Come out swinging
• Cop an attitude
• Cop an attitude (adopt an aggressive stance)
• Cruising for a bruising
• Cut throat competition
• Cut up rough
• Don't use that tone with me
• Fight tooth and nail
• Fighting talk
• For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
• Good cop, bad cop
• Have your ears chewed off

• Industrial action
• Jump down my throat
• Kick ass
• Kick in the teeth
• Killer instinct
• Lights, camera, action
• Live action
• Looking for trouble
• Meaner than a junkyard dog
• Missing in action
• Non aggression pact
• Out of action
• Passive aggressive
• Pick a fight
• Piece of the action
• Play hardball (A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive)
• Pontiac: Designed for Action (Pontiac advertising slogan)
• Psyche yourself up
• Ready and waiting (alert and prepared for action)
• Slice of the action
• Snap someone's head off
• Spring into action
• Stand-by for action
• Take it outside
• The Last Action Hero (Arnold Schwarzenegger movie)
• The red mist
• Watch the sparks fly
• When push comes to shove
• You talkin to me? (A catchphrase from Taxi Driver)