who-does-what

British

adjective

(of a dispute, strike, etc) relating to the separation of kinds of work performed by different trade unions

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I think it’d be helpful to discuss this dynamic with him — not the one that includes only the two of you, pitted against each other in a who-does-what argument, but one that acknowledges that this is a cultural problem and one part of solving it on the micro level is recognizing that there are macro reasons the imbalances in your relationship exist.

From New York Times

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