slanging match


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slanging match

n
Brit a dispute in which insults and accusations are made by each party against the other
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slanging match

noun (Brit.) quarrel, row, argument, set-to (informal), barney (informal), spat, altercation, ding-dong, argy-bargy (Brit. informal), battle of words They conducted a public slanging match on television.
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slanging match

n (Brit) → Wettschimpfen nt; they were having a slanging matchsie beschimpften sich um die Wette (inf)
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slanging match

[ˈslæŋɪŋˌmætʃ] n (Brit) (fam) → rissa verbale
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I suggest that before the situation escalates into an all-out slanging match, both factions regard the old adage live and let live, and I would offer to both sides the following proposal (in the interests of closure) that without belief there are no answers, and with belief there are no questions.
* IT seems that if you want a good old slanging match these days then the only way to conduct it is via Twitter.
But once back in Walford, she spirals out of control again, and begins a slanging match in the middle of the street, right.