2
battle(verb, oppose, fight, dispute, cross)
2
beat around the bush(verb, expression, idiom, slow, avoid)
2
blow hot and cold(verb, expression, idiom, avoid, shift)
2
break with(verb, expression, oppose, fight, dispute)
2
bump heads(verb, expression, fight, dispute, challenge)
2
carp at(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
2
caviling(noun, cut, hit, censure, blast)
2
cloud the issue(expression, idiom, shift, escape, lie)
2
contest(verb, oppose, challenge, object, divide)
2
cop a plea(expression, idiom, avoid, escape, lie)
2
cop out(expression, avoid, escape, lie, shuffle)
2
deceive
2
discept(verb, oppose, challenge, object, deny)
2
double-talk(verb, escape, lie, con, shuffle)
2
double entendre(expression, idiom, wit, equivocalness)
2
double entente(expression, idiom, wit, equivocalness)
2
duck(verb, avoid, dodge, evade, waffle)
2
duplicity(noun, objection, complaint, equivocation, cavil)
2
elenchus
2
equivoque
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