| grumble(verb, complain, moan, quibble) |
| hassle(dispute, shift, hedge, wrangle, waffle) |
| have at it(expression, idiom, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| hem and haw(expression, idiom, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| knock(verb, complain, grumble, moan) |
| make a big thing about(expression, idiom, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| nit-pick(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| nitpick(verb, dispute, shift, complain, hedge) |
| paralogize(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| pick on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, vet, pluck) |
| pretend(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| prevaricate(verb, dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle) |
| put up an argument(expression, idiom, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| remonstrate(verb, vet, pluck, parse) |
| set to(expression, dispute, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| shift(dispute, avoid, hedge, wrangle, carp) |
| spar(dispute, shift, hedge, wrangle, carp) |
| split hairs(expression, idiom, shift, wrangle, carp) |
| talk back(expression, dispute, shift, wrangle, waffle) |
| waffle(dispute, avoid, shift, hedge, wrangle) |