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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  • out of earshot
  • dead tired
  • on the make
  • know a trick or two
  • lay/light into (something)
  • kick (something) around or kick around (something)
  • get the runaround
  • from stem to stern
  • good deal
  • tie down (someone) or tie (someone) down


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