slanging match
Britishnoun
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“He has rightly avoided getting into a slanging match against Harry and Meghan,” said Vernon Bogdanor, a professor of government at King’s College London, who has written about the constitutional role of the monarchy.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
But this year that descended into a slanging match between China and its critics.
From Economist ● Aug. 14, 2014
When soldiers came to take her, she kept them engaged in a slanging match while one of her comrades slipped away to burn incriminating letters.
From Salon ● Jan. 20, 2014
In a police interview, which was read in court, the PC admitted getting into a "slanging match" with Mr Demetrio and said the suspect had also called him names.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2012
She went direct for that coalheaver, and thereupon ensued a slanging match the memory of which sends a trill of admiration through me even to this day.
From John Ingerfield and Other Stories by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
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