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altercate(verb, meet, attack, consider, oppose)
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duel(verb, stop, meet, attack, maintain)
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moot(verb, consider, oppose, settle, dispute)
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scuffle(verb, meet, attack, fight, grasp)
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skirmish(verb, meet, attack, oppose, fight)
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tilt(verb, meet, attack, play, fight)
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quibble(verb, oppose, fight, dispute)
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tussle(verb, meet, attack, play, fight)
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box(verb, meet, attack, struggle)
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buck(verb, stop, meet, attack, maintain)
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cope with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, meet)
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defy(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
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exchange blows(verb, expression, idiom, meet, attack)
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go up against(verb, expression, idiom, take, meet)
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grapple with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, meet)
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mix it up(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, state)
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refute(verb, consider, maintain, oppose, dispute)
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try(verb, work, attack, play, fight)
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tug(verb, work, meet, attack, oppose)
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wage war(verb, expression, idiom, meet, attack)
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