slanging match

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British a dispute in which insults and accusations are made by each party against the other

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Part of the problem is the mandate of the war and the means with which the U.S. is fighting it do not match up.
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The trouble is, Pakistan kept losing its wars with India and is indeed no match for India.
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A season of Game of Thrones tells its story over ten hours, and only a video game adaptation could match or exceed that.
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Little did Tressan dream to what a cask of gunpowder he was applying the match of his smug pertness.
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A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.
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"He's been counting the days till you got home, Mark," said Tim, holding a burning match over my pipe.
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And Jimmy, although there is not much money in the family—about twenty thousand a year—would be a very good match.
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It was deep twilight in the room, and rather cold, for the eucalyptus and olive logs in the fireplace still awaited the match.
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