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crossing swords
| Main Entry: |
cross swords
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to be in a dispute or fight |
| Synonyms: | bandy words, brawl, chop logic, contend, cut and thrust, fight, lock horns, quarrel, spar, to fight |
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight about, often verbally |
| Synonyms: | argue, bang heads, battle, brawl, buck, combat, conflict, contend, cross swords, differ, disagree, encounter, feud, fret, gall, grapple, grate, mix it up, quarrel, raise Cain, row, try, war, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree |
| Main Entry: | debate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue, discuss |
| Synonyms: | agitate, altercate, answer, bandy, bicker, bump heads, canvass, chew the fat, cogitate, confab, confute, consider, contend, contest, controvert, cross swords, deliberate, demonstrate, differ, discept, disprove, dispute, hammer away at, hash over, hassle, have at it, kick around, knock around, lock horns, moot, oppose, pettifog, pick a bone, prove, put up argument, question, reason, rebut, refute, rehash, set to, talk back, talk game, thrash out, toss around, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, go along |
| Main Entry: | encounter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, attack |
| Synonyms: | affront, battle, clash with, collide, combat, conflict, confront, contend, cross swords, do battle, engage, face, grapple, meet, strive, struggle |
| Antonyms: | let go, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | fight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | engage in physical encounter |
| Synonyms: | altercate, assault, attack, bandy with, battle, bear arms, bicker, box, brawl, brush with, buck, carry on war, challenge, clash, contend, cross swords, dispute, do battle, duel, exchange blows, feud, flare up, go to war, grapple, joust, meet, mix it up, oppugn, ply weapons, protect, quarrel, repel, resist, rowdy, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, take all comers, take the field, take up the gauntlet, tiff, tilt, traverse, tug, tussle, wage war, war, withstand, wrangle, wrestle |
| Antonyms: | agree, make peace, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | quarrel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree |
| Synonyms: | altercate, argue, battle, be at loggerheads, bicker, brawl, break with, bump, carp, caterwaul, cavil, charge, clash, collide, complain, contend, contest, cross swords, differ, disapprove, dispute, dissent, divide, embroil, fall out, feud, fight, find fault, get tough with, hassle, have it out, have words, lock horns, mix it up, object to, row, scrap, set to, spar, spat, squabble, strive, struggle, take exception, take on, tangle, vary, war, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, make peace |
| Main Entry: | skirmish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | altercate, argue, battle, bicker, brawl, clash, combat, conflict, cross swords, dispute, do battle, engage, feud, go to war, grapple, mix it up, quarrel, scrap, scuffle, spar, struggle, tussle, wage war, war, wrangle, wrestle |
| Main Entry: | struggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, wrestle |
| Synonyms: | battle, brawl, buck, bump heads, compete, contend, contest, cross swords, go up against, grapple, hassle, lock horns, put up a fight, romp, rough-house, row, scrap, scuffle, shuffle, slug, smack, tangle |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | tilt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack, fight |
| Synonyms: | break, charge, clash, combat, contend, cross swords, duel, encounter, joust, overthrow, spar, thrust |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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