with the gloves off
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Netflix’s ‘Our Planet’: Think of this new documentary led by the familiar, gracefully authoritative voice of naturalist David Attenborough as “Planet Earth” with the gloves off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2019
So she seeks out supporting player roles — in “Bachelorette,” a “Bridesmaids” with the gloves off; in “Now You See Me,” a magicians’ heist picture opening at the end of the month; and in “Gatsby.”
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2013
The critics loved it, with What's on Stage describing it as "opera with the gloves off".
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2011
On this final of three debates all three men seemed pugnacious, combative — fighting for very high stakes with the gloves off.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2010
When Pope fought, he fought with the gloves off; and not the sex or the age or the standing of the subject of his wrath deterred him a whit.
From Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) by Melville, Lewis
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