cross swords

Meaning

1. cross swords (with sb)

   to fight or argue with sb

In the movies · 3

• l suppose the idea is we cross Hanzo swords. Am l right?Kill Bill: Vol. 22004
• Ballinger, declaring that he fully intended to kill him should they ever cross swords again.The Pale Blue Eye2022
• Have you forgotten that you cross swords with Lieutenant Cortez at three o'clock?The Mark of Zorro1940

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• have a cross to bear
• cross your fingers
• cross my heart
• cross your mind
• cross palm with silver
• cross path
• cross that bridge when you come to it
• dot your i's and cross your t's
• get your wires crossed
• cross off
• cross out
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