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| field of inquiry(idiom, inquiry) | |
| fire cross(idiom, warfare) | |
| flare up(noun, conflict, disagreement, disturbance) | |
| good word(noun, magnification, nicker, yoo-hoo) | |
| ground of quarrel(idiom, discord) | |
| ill feelings(fight, dispute, split, division) | |
| independent variable | |
| knock down and drag out(idiom, fight, clinkers, terrorism) | |
| knotty point(idiom, inquiry) | |
| legal action(noun, trial, proceedings) | |
| legal process(noun, trial, proceedings) | |
| line of reasoning(noun, idiom, reason, case) | |
| literary argument | |
| matter in dispute(idiom, inquiry) | |
| matter of contention(noun, idiom, concern, point) | |
| mid-course correction(disparity, inconsistency, divergence) | |
| military fight(noun, action, attack, fight) | |
| mob rule(clinkers, terrorism, sonance) | |
| moot point(idiom, inquiry) | |
| open question(idiom, inquiry) |
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