| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To engage in a quarrel: argue, bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle. Informal : hassle, tangle. Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns. See CONFLICT. 2. To raise unnecessary or trivial objections: carp, cavil, niggle, nitpick, pettifog. Idioms: pick to pieces. See SUPPORT.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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