Meaning of bang some heads together | Babel Free

Definitions

Attempt to get results from a previously ineffectual or argumentative group, typically by coercion or force.

idiomatic

Examples

“We need to bang some heads together to get the plan finished before the deadline.”

“Your role as a chieftain is to bring peace to your hall, and sometimes it is going to mean banging some heads together, other times it is going to require some skilful diplomacy.”

“What we need is somebody to bang some heads together and make sure that the funding, the infrastructure and the direction are there to promote the kind of excellence in research that we would like.”

“The Bosnian War ended during the Clinton administration when Richard Holbrooke banged some heads together in Dayton, Ohio.”

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