SPOIL FOR


Meaning of SPOIL FOR in English

If you are spoiling for a fight, you are very eager for it to happen.

A mob armed with guns was at the border between the two republics, spoiling for a fight.

PHRASAL VERB: only cont, V P n

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .