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The phrase "have a spat" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a brief and usually minor argument or disagreement between two people. Example: "Jane and John had a spat last night over where to go for dinner."
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On the road to their 10th high school reunion, they have a spat.
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.
Whenever the US and Russia have a spat, talking heads inevitably bring up the specter of a "new Cold War".
Never argue or have a spat in front of your partner's family.
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Noble had a spat near the touchline with Rose.
He was distressed by the infighting; he had had a spat with Degas.
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 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.
He has a spat with a rich young blonde and fools her into jumping off the dock, but they patch it up.
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