lock horns (with (someone))

to argue with someone in a very determined way.

In her new movie she plays a middle-aged college student who locks horns with her professor.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of two fighting animals such as deer whose horns lock together

• bear out something
• bear something in mind
• bear testimony to
• bear testimony to something
• bear the brunt of
• bear the brunt of something
• bear up
• bear with
• bear with someone
• bear with something
• bear witness to
• bear witness to something
• be as American as apple pie
• be as bald as a coot
• be as black as are is painted
• be as black as it is painted
• be as black as you are is painted
• be as black as you it is painted
• be as blind as a bat
• be as bright as a button
• be as brown as a berry
• be as busy as a bee
• be as clean as a whistle
• be as clear as crystal
• be as clear as day