2
bandy(play, fight, dispute, face, argue)
2
bandy words
2
bang(verb, fight, conflict, disagree, quarrel)
2
battle with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, manage, handle)
2
bear(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
2
bear down(expression, work, attack, struggle, try)
2
beat off(expression, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
beat up against(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, opposition)
2
bed
2
break with(verb, expression, oppose, fight, dispute)
2
breast
2
brook(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
2
buffet the waves(expression, idiom, opposition)
2
canvass(verb, consider, oppose, settle, dispute)
2
cavil(disagree, differ, wrangle)
2
cherish(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
chop logic
2
close with(verb, phrasal verb, contention)
2
complain(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, object)
2
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