Grand award gets scrubbed in hostile state (2,7,5)
I believe the answer is:
at daggers drawn
'in hostile state' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'grand award gets scrubbed' is the wordplay.
'scrubbed' indicates an anagram.
'grand'+'award'+'gets'='grandawardgets'
'grandawardgets' anagrammed gives 'AT DAGGERS DRAWN'.
(Other definitions for at daggers drawn that I've seen before include "show of open hostility" , "Mutually hostile" , "prepared to fight" , "in hostile state" , "involved in hostilities" .)