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| ill feelings(noun, fight, dispute, temper) | |
| ill humor(noun, dispute, temper, infuriation) | |
| ill temper(noun, dispute, temper, infuriation) | |
| independent variable | |
| internal strife(clinkers, contention, vendetta, friction) | |
| kick up(clinkers, vendetta, kick-up) | |
| knock-down drag-out(dispute, argument, quarrel, clinkers) | |
| knotty point(idiom, inquiry) | |
| literary argument | |
| low boiling point(noun, idiom, dispute, temper) | |
| matter at hand(noun, idiom, dispute, difficulty) | |
| matter in dispute(idiom, inquiry) | |
| matter of contention(noun, idiom, concern, point) | |
| moot point(idiom, inquiry) | |
| often verbal(dispute, argument, quarrel) | |
| open question(idiom, inquiry) | |
| pat on back(noun, idiom, magnification, nicker) | |
| physical encounter(noun, action, fight, dispute) | |
| plain question(idiom, inquiry) | |
| point at issue(idiom, issue, subject, problem) |
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