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a war of words
a war of words
a long argument between two people or groups (often + between ) The war of words between the two rivals for the presidency continues to dominate the news bulletins. (often + over ) The article describes the war of words over acid rain.
See a battle of nerves
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Shakuntala | | - | Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi |
Ural | | - | Bashkir |
Brigitte | | bree-GI-tə (German), bree-ZHEET (French) | German, French |
Iria | | - | Portuguese, Galician |
Zohar | | - | Hebrew |
Gunther | | GUWN-ter | German |