quarrel with
To fight with someone using words, or to say that you think something is wrong or unfair.
Meanings
To have an angry verbal argument or dispute with another person.
"She quarreled with her sister over who should pay for the broken window."
"He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals."
To find fault with or object to an idea, decision, or statement.
"It's hard to quarrel with the committee's decision — the evidence clearly supported it."
Used both for arguing with a person and for taking issue with an idea, statement, or decision. When used about ideas, it is slightly more formal: 'I can't quarrel with that logic.' Common in both British and American English. The person or thing disagreed with follows 'with' directly.
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