on the warpath
Proposed by a contributor, not yet supported by evidence.
Meaning · English
Acting aggressively or seeking to confront someone
Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt
hành động hung hăng hoặc tìm cách đối đầu với ai đó
Machine-translated — suggest a fix
Literally: going to war
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
The rape led to new calls for an end to chatlines.
‘ I had hoped to keep the information from you, at least till the morrow,’ he said.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-31; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “on the warpath” mean?
Acting aggressively or seeking to confront someone Literally: going to war
Is “on the warpath” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.