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At loggerheads

//æt ˈlɒɡəhɛdz// prep_phrase

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    in a dispute or confrontation wordnet
Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    Unable to agree; opposing. figuratively

    "We were really at loggerheads about what to do with the money we found on the side of the road; she said we should turn it in, I said we should keep it."

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from the use of a loggerhead (“metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end”) as a weapon during a fight.

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