trade blows

To fight, either physically or verbally. Typically said of two people who are evenly matched and thus able to continually exchange punches or barbs. The boxers traded blows all through the first round. Somebody needs to stop this debate, or these politicians will trade blows all night!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Morgan (1)	MAWR-gən (English)	Welsh, English, French
Adnan	-	Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Urdu
Yolanda	yo-LAHN-də (English)	Spanish, English
Danail	-	Bulgarian
Irina	ee-REE-nah (Russian), EE-ree-nah (Finnish)	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish, Georgian
PÁDraig	PAW-drig, PAW-rig	Irish