Calling all Grammarians! Question inside!

[Amy from WT]

Allright everyone, I believe I'm stumped.

In the sentence, "They had come to blows," what exactly is "to blows?" An infinitive verb, or a prepositional phrase?

Looking forward to putting the WTM Think Tank to work!

[Narrow Gate Academy]

I would call it a prepositional phrase with blows being the object of the preposition to.

Of course grammar isn't my strong point so hopefully some others will chime in as well.

[nmoira]

In the sentence, "They had come to blows," what exactly is "to blows?" An infinitive verb, or a prepositional phrase?Blows is a plural noun as in, "The repeated blows knocked him out." It's a prepositional phrase.

[Amy from WT]

That's what I've been leaning towards. Thanks so much!