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  1. 1
    To argue, to have an argument. idiomatic

    ""It's no treat to me to 'and the dishes when the atmosphere's what you might call electric. . . ." "Did they have words?" Parker shook his head impatiently. "That sort don't have words, Ellen. They just sit and goggle.""

  2. 2
    censure severely or angrily wordnet
  3. 3
    To speak sternly, angrily, or in an argumentative manner to. idiomatic

    "Clare was for a while protected by the man's unreadiness to have words with his brother, who always took his wife's part."

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