Come out swinging

Meaning: To “come out swinging”
comes from the aggressive act of swinging your arms to punch someone or an
object to hurt others.  It’s used as an
expression to depict someone mounting a verbal attack on someone
aggressively.  In this example, Emilio
describes the politicians having a debate which probably involved strong
accusations, strong/aggressive behavior or language to attack each other.

Second Example:

Sarah:  If Peter doesn’t have a good explanation for leaving me and my family in
the middle of dinner, I’m going to come out swinging at him when he
arrives.

Michael:  Hey, take it easy.  Don’t be so
violent.  I’m sure there’s a rational
explanation.  However, that doesn’t give
you the right to attack someone physically.

Sarah:  I won’t actually do it, I’m just so angry for his rude behavior.

Michael:  I understand your anger, but saying something like that will confuse
people and think you’re violent.

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