1
resist(oppose, provoke, challenge, insult, defy)
1
row(dispute, disagree, quarrel, contend, clinkers)
1
run the gauntlet(expression, idiom, oppose, provoke, challenge)
1
sass(dispute, cross, disagree, quarrel, contend)
1
scorn(oppose, provoke, challenge, resist, insult)
1
search out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, get, dispute)
1
set-to(clinkers, descent, vendetta, terrorism, outs)
1
sock it to(expression, idiom, dispute, cross, disagree)
1
spurn(oppose, provoke, challenge, resist, insult)
1
square off(expression, oppose, provoke, challenge, resist)
1
step over the line(expression, idiom, oppose, provoke, challenge)
1
stick it out(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, get)
1
stick it to(expression, idiom, dispute, cross, disagree)
1
stimulate(verb, get, dispute, provoke, demand)
1
summon(verb, get, dispute, provoke, demand)
1
take on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, oppose, fight)
1
take one on(expression, idiom, oppose, provoke, challenge)
1
talk back(expression, fight, dispute, cross, disagree)
1
taunt(oppose, provoke, challenge, resist, insult)
1
tax(verb, get, dispute, provoke, demand)
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