knock heads
idiom
US, informal
1
: to argue or disagree
The two of them knocked heads soon after they started working together.
2
: to use angry or forceful methods to control or punish people
I am going in there and knock some heads if they don't start behaving.
—often + togetherI am going to go in there and knock their heads together if they don't start behaving.
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Gilligan is a behind-the-scenes details man; Johnson is the dreamer; Boardman is the person who can knock heads together to get things done.
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Carlton Reid, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2022
As a result, instead of WIMPily flowing past their fellow particles, SIMPs would knock heads and bounce off one another like billiard balls.
—Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2019
Carlton Reid, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2022
As a result, instead of WIMPily flowing past their fellow particles, SIMPs would knock heads and bounce off one another like billiard balls.
—Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2019
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“Knock heads.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knock%20heads. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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