spar with
Argue or debate with, as in You'd never know they were happily married, because they're constantly sparring with each other. [Early 1600s]
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Words nearby spar with
sparteine, Sparti, Spartiate, spar varnish, sparver, spar with, spasm, spasm band, spasmo-, spasmodic, spasmodic dysmenorrhea
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