incrociare le spade

== Italian == === Etymology === Literally, “to cross the swords”. === Verb === incrociàre le spade (first-person singular present incrócio le spade, first-person singular past historic incrociài le spade, past participle incrociàto le spade, auxiliary avére) (intransitive, idiomatic) start a fight, battle, etc.; to cross swords