knocks the chip off one's shoulder (verb) throw down the gauntlet: invite to do battle
Detalii: you run the gantlet but throw down the gauntlet
Sinonime: calumniating, castigating, censorious, contumelious, defamatory,
derisive,
disparaging,
insolent,
insulting,
invective, libelous, maligning, obloquious,
offensive,
opprobrious, reproachful, reviling,
rude, sarcastic, scathing, scolding,
scurrilous, sharp-tongued, slanderous, traducing, upbraiding, vilifying, vituperative
Antonime: complimentary,
kind,
respectful