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192 entries under idiom topic. ×

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cross swords(verb, expression, meet, attack)
8
lock horns(verb, expression, consider, oppose)
5
come to blows(verb, expression, fight, struggle)
4
exchange blows(verb, expression, meet, attack)
4
go up against(verb, expression, take, meet)
4
make do(verb, expression)
4
mix it up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, state)
4
wage war(verb, expression, meet, attack)
3
have it out(verb, expression, conflict, engage)
2
beat up against(verb, expression, phrasal verb, opposition)
2
buffet the waves(expression, opposition)
2
cut and thrust
2
do battle(expression, meet, attack, fight)
2
gang up on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, state)
2
go for broke(verb, expression, oppose, play)
2
go for the jugular(verb, expression, work, oppose)
2
go to war(verb, expression, meet, attack)
2
have words(verb, expression, oppose, fight)
2
hold at bay(expression, hold, maintain, oppose)
2
jockey for position(verb, expression, oppose, play)
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