Idioms

thrust and parry
to compete actively with someone, to enter into verbal combat with someone (this idiom comes from the sport of fencing)
It was thrust and parry during the debate.

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  • thumb a lift
  • thumb a ride
  • thumb one's nose at (someone or something)
  • thumb through (something)
  • thumbnail sketch
  • thumbs down on (someone or something)
  • thumbs up on (someone or something)
  • tickle (someone's) fancy
  • tickled pink
  • tide (someone) over or tide over (someone)
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  • check in (at an airport)
  • save one's neck/skin
  • give (someone) an inch and they will take a mile
  • have the gift of the gab
  • keep a close watch over (someone or something)
  • rub (something) off or rub off (something)
  • toss off (an answer) or toss (an answer) off
  • an out-and-out (something)
  • a slip of the tongue
  • with everything (on it)


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