cut and thrust
Example Sentences
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Advent served as a platform for Sir Jim to learn the cut and thrust of doing deals.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2022
Germany's president is meant to be a unifying figure who stands above the cut and thrust of daily politics, one who enjoys the moral authority to exhort people to better behaviour.
From Reuters • Apr. 4, 2022
The cut and thrust of parliamentary debate is notorious for bringing out the boor even in normally mild-mannered members of Parliament.
From Washington Post • May 30, 2019
The highlights of this season’s paperback releases include the evolution of music, algorithmic culture and the cut and thrust of medicine.
From Nature • Oct. 18, 2018
This latter weapon was provided with a hilt, and could be used for both cut and thrust, with considerable effect, while, affixed to the end of the carabine, it furnished a most formidable pike.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various
