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on the warpath en · ADP

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) Very angry or upset and eager for confrontation.
   • But BBC executives say they could never have predicted the latest programme to send Chinese officials on the warpath: the corporation's far-fetched spy drama Spooks. 2010 November 11, Helen Pidd, Mark Sweney, Tania Branigan, “Taking Spooks seriously: Beijing on the warpath over BBC spy drama”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Boating enthusiasts, walkers and others who enjoy relaxing by canals were on the warpath last night after British Waterways announced plans to cut 180 staff. 2006 October 11, Colin Brown, “Fears grow for waterways as canal jobs are cut”, in The Independent:
   • Last year a committee of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America issued a report guardedly approving Birth Control. […] [M]any Presbyterians heartily disapproved. Last week the Presbyterian General Assembly met in Denver with Philadelphia's Rev. H. McAllister Griffiths and a corps of Fundamentalists on the warpath. 1932 June 6, “Religion: Churches v. Council”, in Time, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2010:

Relateds

war footing

Synonyms

furious · enraged

Translations (18)

pt em pé de guerra (very angry or upset) · fr sur le pied de guerre (very angry or upset) · fr furax (very angry or upset) · cmn 正在作战 (very angry or upset) · sv på krigsstigen (very angry or upset) · it sul piede di guerra (very angry or upset) · es en pie de guerra (very angry or upset) · de auf Kriegsfuß (very angry or upset) · pl na wojennej ścieżce (very angry or upset) · de auf dem Kriegspfad (very angry or upset) · ru на тропе́ войны́ (very angry or upset) · hu dühös (very angry or upset) · fr furibond (very angry or upset) · it sul sentiero di guerra (very angry or upset) · ga ar buile (very angry or upset) · fr en rogne (very angry or upset) · fi sotajalalla (very angry or upset) · cmn 準備開火 /准备开火 (very angry or upset)