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pick a bone

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Main Entry: debate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: argue, discuss

Synonyms:

agitate, altercate, answer, bandy, bicker, bump heads, canvass, chew the fat, cogitate, confab, confute, consider, contend, contest, controvert, cross swords, deliberate, demonstrate, differ, discept, disprove, dispute, hammer away at, hash over, hassle, have at it, kick around, knock around, lock horns, moot, oppose, pettifog, pick a bone, prove, put up argument, question, reason, rebut, refute, rehash, set to, talk back, talk game, thrash out, toss around, wrangle

Antonyms:

agree, go along
Main Entry: dispute
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: argue

Synonyms:

agitate, altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads, canvass, challenge, clash, confute, contend, contest, contradict, controvert, debate, deny, disaffirm, discept, discuss, disprove, doubt, gainsay, hassle, have at, impugn, jump on one's case, kick around, lock horns, moot, negate, pick a bone, quarrel, question, quibble, rebut, refute, squabble, take on, thrash out, toss around, wrangle

Antonyms:

agree, give in, go along
Main Entry: wrangle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fight, argue

Synonyms:

altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads, contend, cross swords, disagree, dispute, fall out, hassle, have at it, have words, lock horns, pick a bone, put up a fight, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, take on, tangle, tiff
Notes: to wangle means to gain by trickery; to wrangle means to argue or debate something angrily

Antonyms:

agree, give in
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