quarrel over

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quarrel (with one) over (something)

To fight, argue, or dispute (with one) about some specific issue or topic. I don't want to quarrel over money—let's just enjoy our vacation and worry about finances when we're back home. I ended up quarreling with my teacher over the grade she gave me for my project.

quarrel over

To have an argument or dispute about something: The siblings quarreled over their inheritance.

See also: over, quarrel

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BEIRUT: The main suspect in a quarrel over a women that led to the killing of three men and the suicide of a fourth was arrested in the Akkar village of Halba, the National News Agency reported Sunday evening.

Suspect arrested after quarrel over woman leaves four dead

After a quarrel over the issue, he attacked his brother and sister with knife leaving Ghulam Muhammad, Aslam's brother, dead and Kishwar, his sister, in critical condition.

Youth stabs brother and sister over marriage dispute

Judge Frank Chapman told him: "This was a very silly quarrel, a quarrel over whose tape was to be used for recording a TV programme.