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Quarrel with, scold, as in If Pete keeps on pushing Billy I'm going to have words with him . This phrase dates from the late 1700s, although the use of words for an altercation is much older. Also see have a word with .Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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