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have words with
Idioms and Phrases
Quarrel with, scold, as in If Pete keeps on pushing Billy I'm going to have words with him . This phrase dates from the late 1700s, although the use of words for an altercation is much older. Also see have a word with .Example Sentences
Blackhawks defenseman Jarred Tinordi appeared to have words with Smith as the teams were skating off the ice after the first.
“See that you don’t, or I’ll have to come have words with you. Now, should we get back to the castle, where it’s warm?”
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra appeared to have words with Butler as well.
“If someone said I wasn’t going to walk, I was going to have words with them.”
People from the group appear to steal the woman’s skateboard and then her backpack as she and members from the crowd continued to have words with each other.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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