lock horns
Example Sentences
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The wiggle room has left courts to lock horns over the most basic facts before them — including whether what the president claims must be provably true.
From Los Angeles Times
Oval Invincibles women face their Welsh Fire counterparts at 14:30 at The Oval - match which is live on BBC iPlayer - before the men's sides lock horns at 18:00.
From BBC
South Africans and Nigerians often lock horns on social media.
From BBC
It is deja vu as Liverpool and Chelsea lock horns in a major final once again.
From BBC
They lock horns a bit as the two argue over the look and feel of the show – he irrationally presents her with a pink and baby blue kitchen that Elizabeth accurately describes as “revolting” and impractical — but on one matter Elizabeth is adamant.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
