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Discover LudwigThe phrase "had a spat" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to indicate that two people had an argument or disagreement. Example: My sister and I had a spat over who should do the dishes.
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Noble had a spat near the touchline with Rose.
I had a spat with Michael Gove in a hotel bedroom in Leeds last week.
Jackson, an arch-Eurosceptic, had a spat with the author JK Rowling after the referendum.
He was distressed by the infighting; he had had a spat with Degas.
He mentions a journalist he had a spat with about it, but struggles to remember his name.
I had a spat with him during a warm-up game in South Australia because he was upset that I had left the ground while he was batting.
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On the road to their 10th high school reunion, they have a spat.
He has a spat with a rich young blonde and fools her into jumping off the dock, but they patch it up.
"Instead of 'single' or 'in a relationship,' it should be, 'We're currently having a spat' or 'She doesn't appreciate me,'" she said.
"We mustn't let them drag the country to the right and not act in the best interests of the country because they are having a spat in the Conservative family".
There have been stresses and strains in America's relationship with China since then, and the pity is that the first thing to get curtailed when we have a spat is the military exchanges.
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