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cut and thrust
n. (context idiomatic English) A vehement argument
Usage examples of "cut and thrust".
No time to brood over the progress of his troops, feverish Karila, or lost Jaromir, only the cut and thrust of the steel.
Where is the country's champion, the Moore of Moore Hall, to meet him at the Deep Cut and thrust an avenging lance between the ribs of the bloated pest?