Aggressive Phrases

Phrases

• Adult entertainment (euphemism for sexual or violent entertainment)
• All guns blazing
• Alpha Mom (an ambitious mother who aims to excel at work while raising children)
• Bare one's teeth
• Bit of rough
• Bite someone's head off
• Charm offensive
• Come out fighting
• Come out swinging
• Competitive disadvantage
• Competitive edge
• Cop an attitude
• Cop an attitude (adopt an aggressive stance)
• Cruising for a bruising
• Cut throat competition
• Cut up rough
• Diamond in the rough
• Don't use that tone with me
• Fight tooth and nail
• Fighting talk
• For those who like the trade rough (Travis aftershave advertising slogan)
• Good cop, bad cop
• Group of death (the most difficult or competitive group in a sports tournament)
• Have your ears chewed off
• It's how the smooth take the rough (Range Rover advertising slogan)
• Jump down my throat
• Kick ass
• Kick in the teeth
• Killer instinct
• Live rough

• Looking for trouble
• Macho man
• Meaner than a junkyard dog
• Non aggression pact
• On the offensive
• Passive aggressive
• Pick a fight
• Play hardball (A baseball expression meaning to be or act tough or aggressive)
• Psyche yourself up
• Pushing up daisies
• Rough and ready
• Rough and tumble
• Rough around the edges
• Rough diamond
• Rough justice
• Rough landing
• Rough out
• Rough ride
• Rough stuff
• Rough trade
• Rough up
• Sleep rough
• Snap someone's head off
• Take it outside
• Take the rough with the smooth
• The red mist
• There's never a rough puff in a lucky (Lucky Strike Cigarettes advertising slogan)
• Video nasty (a violent or horrific video)
• Watch the sparks fly
• When push comes to shove
• You talkin to me? (A catchphrase from Taxi Driver)