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bandy with
bandy with
To argue or otherwise exchange views with someone. You can bandy with him all you want, but I doubt you'll ever reach an agreement.
bandy with someone
to argue [with someone]; to argue by "playing catch with words." (Bandy means to toss or hit something back and forth.) Why are you bandying with me? She has been bandied with enough. Give her a straight answer.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Vespera | | ve-SPE-rah | Esperanto |
| Hewitt | | ['hju:it] | |
| Eliana (1) | | e-LYAH-nah (Italian) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Ingeborg | | ING-e-bawrk (German) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German |
| Calanthe | | kə-LAN-thee | English (Rare) |
| Baldick | | ['bɔ:ldik] | |