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Cross swords.
When people cross swords, they argue or dispute.
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Husbands clash with wives, parents cross swords with children.
A winner has not emerged to cross swords with Senator McCain.
Formula One is a tough business and you cross swords with many people.
No one, it seems, is eager to cross swords with her.
The new prime minister may not cross swords with General Musharraf for months, or even years.
Alexander was not the first to cross swords with the nomads.
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Ms. Neuville has crossed swords with Mr. Lachmann before.
Various journalists who have crossed swords with Cummings loathe him.
Sonia Gandhi, the party's leader, crossed swords with him.
She has crossed swords with leading antagonists from all sides.
But he, too, has crossed swords with Mr. Icahn.
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