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pick a quarrel
Idioms and Phrases
Also, pick an argument or fight . Seek an opportunity to quarrel or argue with someone. For example, I don't want to pick a quarrel with you , or Jason was always in trouble for picking fights . These terms use pick in the sense of âselect.â [Mid-1400s]Example Sentences
Even if she gets defensive or wants to pick a quarrel with you, you donât have to engage: âI donât want to fight about this with you, so letâs drop the subject.â
âWe didnât pick a quarrel with them, but when a crime has been committed, especially when chemical weapons have been used in Malaysia, we are duty bound to protect the interest of Malaysians,â Mr. Najib told Parliament, according to Reuters.
"We didn't pick a quarrel with them but when a crime has been committed, especially when chemical weapons have been used in Malaysia, we are duty bound to protect the interest of Malaysians," Najib said.
She is a communist and atheist and one day goes to confession, purely and simply to pick a quarrel with the priest â and this is Morin, an excellent performance from Jean-Paul Belmondo.
âOut into your city,â he said, âto drink a keg or two and pick a quarrel. It has been too long since Iâve killed a man. Might be I should seek out your betrothed.â
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageŸ Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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