Might mean (unverified): Prepare to fight or argue.
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  1. drop the gloves: Wiktionary

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  1. drop the gloves: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (drop the gloves)

verb:  (Canada and US, ice hockey, idiomatic) To fight.
verb:  (Canada and US, idiomatic, by extension) To remove a prior impediment to action; to prepare for or engage in a dispute.

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