cross swords (with (someone))

to argue with someone.

The candidates crossed swords on several issues, including taxes, guns and immigration.

• by a nose
• by any stretch of the imagination
• by a whisker
• by definition
• by degrees
• by dint of
• by dint of something
• by fair means or foul
• by far
• by hand
• by heart
• by hook or by crook
• by leaps and bounds
• by mistake
• by no means
• by rote
• by the back door
• by the book
• by the dozen
• by the name
• by the name of
• by the same token
• by the seat of pants
• by the seat of your pants
• by the skin of teeth