pick a bone

Main Entry:
debate [dih-beyt]
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: wrangle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fight, argue
Synonyms: altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads, contend, cross swords, disagree, dispute, fall out, hassle, have at it, have words, lock horns, pick a bone, put up a fight, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, take on, tangle, tiff
Notes: to wangle means to gain by trickery; to wrangle means to argue or debate something angrily
Antonyms: agree, give in
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