Came out forcefully/ be set ready (against someone)
To come out against; to take a forceful, confrontational stance; tense and ready. Originally, the expression refers to something becoming a matter of dispute. "Chotsetz" can mean breaking or shattering.
("The king is no ant, and he came out forcefully all over" — Proverbs 30:27; and likewise: "whose words come out forcefully, all of them, in the ranks of the living God" — Abraham Mapu, Ayt Tzavu'a, 51; and likewise: "and he came out forcefully, with a flash in his eye, in his great trial / an old man — what is there in his eyes?" — David Avidan, Evening of Surprise)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יָצָא חוֹצֵץ
Definition (Hebrew)
יָצָא כְּנֶגֶד. יָצָא בְּתוֹקְפָנוּת. דָּרוּךְ וְעָרוּךְ (בַּמָּקוֹר פֵּירוּשׁ הַבִּיטּוּי הִנּוֹ נֶחֱלָק לְמַחֲלוֹקוֹת. חוֹצֵץ מַשְׁמָע שׁוֹבֵר אוֹ מְרַסֵּק).
("מֶלֶךְ אֵין לָאַרְבֶּה וַיֵּצֵא חֹצֵץ כֻּלּוֹ"- מִשְׁלֵי ל כז, וְכֵן:"אֲשֶׁר דִּבְרֵיהֶם יוֹצְאִים חוֹצֵץ כֻּלָּם בְּמַעַרְכוֹת אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים"- אַבְרָהָם מַאפּוּ/ עַיִט צָבוּעַ, 51, וְכֵן:"וְהוּא יָצָא חוֹצֵץ/ בִּבְרַק עֵינוֹ, בְּנִסְיוֹנוֹ הָרַב/ אָדָם זָקֵן- מָה יֵשׁ לוֹ בְּעֵינָיו?"- דָּוִד אֲבִידָן/ עֶרֶב פִּתְאוֹמִי)