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
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) . 2012