spar with someone
1spar\ with — • fence with • spar with v To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences …
2spar — [[t]spɑ͟ː(r)[/t]] spars, sparring, sparred 1) V RECIP If you spar with someone, you box using fairly gentle blows instead of hitting your opponent hard, either when you are training or when you want to test how quickly your opponent reacts. [V… …
3spar — spar1 [spa: US spa:r] v past tense and past participle sparred present participle sparring [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from spur] 1.) to practise ↑boxing with someone spar with ▪ He broke his nose while sparring with Vega. 2.) to argue… …
4spar — spar1 [ spar ] verb intransitive 1. ) to practice fighting with someone: The two fighters sparred with each other in the late 1980s. 2. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM to argue: Foreign ministers sparred over new defense proposals. ╾ spar|ring noun uncount… …
5spar — I UK [spɑː(r)] / US [spɑr] verb [intransitive] Word forms spar : present tense I/you/we/they spar he/she/it spars present participle sparring past tense sparred past participle sparred 1) to practise fighting with someone The two fighters sparred …
6spar — 1 verb sparred, sparring (I) 1 to practise boxing with someone: He once sparred with Mike Tyson. 2 to argue with someone but not in an unpleasant way: gentle sparring between the generations 2 noun (C) a thick pole, especially one used on a ship… …
7spar — [spɑː] verb [I] to practise fighting with someone …
8fence\ with — • fence with • spar with v To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences …
9fence with — or[spar with] {v.} To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). * /The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences./ …
10fence with — or[spar with] {v.} To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). * /The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences./ …