at swords' points
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They have been at swords' points ever since 1924 when Senator Couzens expressed hearty disapproval of Secretary Mellon's tax reduction program.
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The America's Cup races seemed at an end, for English and American yachtsmen were almost literally at swords' points.
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Yet they have long been at swords' points.
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In the Los Angeles courtroom of Superior Judge Thurmond Clarke last week some 250 of West Adams' residents stood at swords' points.
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"It was bad enough before with Grace and Mollie always at swords' points, but if you begin it, I don't know what I shall do."
From The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained by Laura Lee Hope
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