What he means is the gloves come off.
2 seconds sound clip from the Clear and Present Danger movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:04:09.840 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- How stupid are these people?
- They believe they can do anything.
- You know what? They're wrong.
- They've directly challenged the sovereign power of the United States.
- No more sending messages. He wants them to get the message whether the phone rings or not.
- Do they sound like his words?
- He can't be clear when clarity is exactly what he wants to avoid.
- What he means is the gloves come off.
- You know, you have no answers. Is this the way it was with Castro? No answers?
- You don't want to hear an answer.
- It was done to look like you did it, by one of the others, as you suspected.
- It's always a friend who hates you most.
[...]
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