lock horns
Example Sentences
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The wiggle room has left courts to lock horns over the most basic facts before them — including whether what the president claims must be provably true.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
South Africans and Nigerians often lock horns on social media.
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2024
That focus on transparency — honed during his early years in Australia — saw him lock horns with the church’s bureaucracy over his attempts to audit the Vatican’s assets and spending.
From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2023
Prosecutors typically file charges, then lock horns with defense lawyers in front a judge who decides whether there’s enough evidence to go to trial.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2022
Some guards would start out at A-block, then lock horns with Sergeant Wickersham, and thereafter be sentenced by mutual agreement to B-block.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
