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cross swords with

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cross swords with someone
to argue with someone. We don't always agree, in fact I've crossed swords with her several times at committee meetings.
See also: cross, sword


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Along the way, they cross swords with a pigeon-breeding neo-Nazi playwright; a screamingly gay director with the worst possible taste in .
I continue to cross swords with my rude inquisitor of the day before, but at least now I'm bold enough to reprimand him when necessary.
Angry swordfish have even "run through" crew members on fishing boats and one reportedly tried to cross swords with the submersible, Alvin, 2,000 feet below the surface.
 
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