at swords' points
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Yet they have long been at swords' points.
From Time Magazine Archive
The America's Cup races seemed at an end, for English and American yachtsmen were almost literally at swords' points.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have been at swords' points ever since 1924 when Senator Couzens expressed hearty disapproval of Secretary Mellon's tax reduction program.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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Well, you see," continued Strout, "Mr. Sawyer and me have been at swords' points the las' two months over some pussonal matters.
From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Pidgin, Charles Felton
