Drop the Gloves

What is the definition of “Drop the Gloves’ in hockey?

What does stand “Drop the Gloves” for?

In ice hockey, to engage in or prepare for a fistfight, i.e., by discarding one’s gloves immediately beforehand.

Examples:

  1. In an effort to keep this game under control, referees are getting in between players, warning them not to drop their gloves.
  2. With tension rising between them all night, the two players dropped the gloves as soon as the whistle blew.
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