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Значение идиомы spoil for
[spoil for] {v. phr.} To want something very badly; be belligerentor pugnacious about something.
After a few drinks it becameembarrassingly evident that Hal was spoiling for a fight.
Compare:HANKER AFTER, LUST FOR.
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