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cut and thrust

verb as in cross swords

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Example Sentences

Her shrewd question, uttered almost unthinkingly in the cut-and-thrust of repartee, had got home somewhere on an old wound.

The sword was carried on the right thigh, and was a short cut-and-thrust weapon, like that which was used by the Spaniards.

And finally, there was a cut-and-thrust sword of alarming dimensions.

The word “Broad-sword” may be taken to include all kinds of cut-and-thrust swords.

I had none myself—nothing save a light cut-and-thrust sword.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cut and thrust, such as: bandy words, brawl, chop logic, contend, fight, and lock horns.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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