to have a bone to pick with sb

  • 31bone — bone1 W2S2 [bəun US boun] n [: Old English; Origin: ban] 1.) one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human, animal, or fish body ▪ The X ray showed that the bone was broken in two places. hip/leg/cheek etc bone (=the bone in your… …

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  • 32bone — 1 noun 1 BODY (C) one of the hard parts that together form the frame of a human or animal body: The X ray showed that the bone was broken in two places. | thigh/cheek/jaw etc bone (=the bone in your thigh etc): very prominent cheek bones | big… …

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  • 33bone — noun 1》 any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates.     ↘(one s bones) one s body. 2》 the calcified material of which bones consist.     ↘a thing made of a substance resembling bone, e.g. a strip of stiffening …

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  • 34bone — [[t]boʊn[/t]] n. v. boned, bon•ing, adv. 1) anat. zool. a) one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate b) anat. the hard connective tissue forming these structures, composed of cells enclosed in a calcified matrix 2) such a… …

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  • 35bone*/*/ — [bəʊn] noun I 1) [C] one of the hard parts that form the frame inside your body She fell and broke a bone in her foot.[/ex] 2) [U] the substance that bones are made of • a bone of contention a subject that people disagree about[/ex] The main bone …

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  • 36bone — [bōn] n. [ME bon < OE ban, bone, esp. of a limb, akin to Ger bein, a leg; only Gmc] 1. any of the separate parts of the hard connective tissue forming the skeleton of most full grown vertebrate animals 2. this tissue, composed essentially of… …

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  • 37bone — n. & v. n. 1 any of the pieces of hard tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2 (in pl.) a the skeleton, esp. as remains after death. b the body, esp. as a seat of intuitive feeling (felt it in my bones). 3 a the material of which bones… …

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  • 38crow\ to\ pick — • bone to pick • crow to pick n. phr. informal A reason for dispute; something to complain of or argue about. Often used jokingly. I have a bone to pick with you, he said. There was always a crow to pick about which one would shave first in the… …

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  • 39bone — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. whalebone, ivory, etc. See density, body. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. skeletal substance, osseous matter, bony process, bone cartilage, ossein. Bones of the human skeleton include: cranium or skull,… …

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  • 40Bone Valley — The Bone Valley is a region of central Florida, encompassing portions of present day Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, and Polk counties, in which phosphate is mined for use in the production of agricultural fertilizer. Florida currently contains… …

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