| pettifog(verb, dispute, shift, hedge, wrangle) |
| quibble(verb, dispute, shift, disagree, jiving) |
| carp(dispute, shift, hedge, wrangle, waffle) |
| cavil(dispute, shift, hedge, wrangle, carp) |
| nit-pick(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| nitpick(dispute, shift, hedge, equivocate, quibble) |
| altercate(dispute, avoid, shift, hedge, wrangle) |
| argue over(expression, shift, wrangle, carp, waffle) |
| argufy(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| ask for it(expression, idiom) |
| avoid(dispute, shift, hedge, wrangle, carp) |
| be hopeful |
| be rash |
| be reckless |
| bicker(dispute, shift, hedge, wrangle, waffle) |
| blow hot and cold(expression, idiom, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| chicane(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| criticize(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| cut up |
| dispute(shift, hedge, wrangle, waffle, spar) |