Usually means: Express anger through sharp words.
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  1. spit tacks: Collins English Dictionary
  2. spit tacks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. spit tacks: Wiktionary

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  1. spit tacks: Idioms

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  1. spit tacks: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

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▸ verb:  (slang, New Zealand, Australia, intransitive) To be angry.

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spit chips, spit nails, slag, hoik, spit, spit feathers, spit the dummy, spit-take, rark up, spit facts, more...

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spit chips, spit nails, slag, hoik, spit, spit feathers, spit the dummy, spit-take, rark up, spit facts, more...



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