take up the hatchet

• vi. 开始(宣战)

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The girl is taking up with the Smith boys.
   这女孩开始与史密斯家的男孩们交往。
2. The masonry of the old building began to crumble.
   旧楼房的砖石结构开始崩落。