bandy words
1bandy words — phrase to argue, especially when this is a waste of time Don’t bandy words with me. Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym Main entry: bandy * * * bandy words old fashioned …
2bandy words — ► bandy words exchange angry remarks. Main Entry: ↑bandy …
3bandy words — index bicker, communicate, discuss, dispute (debate), speak Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4bandy words — to argue, especially when this is a waste of time Don t bandy words with me …
5bandy words (with somebody) — bandy ˈwords (with sb) idiom (old fashioned) to argue with sb or speak rudely to them Main entry: ↑bandyidiom …
6bandy words with — argue pointlessly or rudely don t bandy words with me, Sir! …
7bandy words — Meaning To argue fervently. Origin The Irish game bandy is a ferocious ball game in which the ball is played to and fro with sticks. Earlier, in John Webster s The White Devil, 1612, the term was applied to tennis, or at that date more probably… …
8bandy words — argue pointlessly or rudely. → bandy …
9bandy words — Synonyms and related words: argue, argufy, bicker, cavil, chew the fat, chew the rag, chin, choplogic, colloque, colloquize, commerce with, commune with, communicate, communicate with, confab, confabulate, contend, contest, converse, converse… …
10bandy words — argue, debate, polemize; conduct an intense argument …