at odds
Related to at odds: odds and ends, pay over the odds
at odds
In conflict. They are at odds over the best way to lead the committee.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
at odds (with someone)
and at odds over somethingin opposition to someone; at loggerheads (with someone). Mary is always at odds with her father about how late she can stay out. John and his father are always at odds over what to watch on TV.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
at odds
In disagreement, opposed. For example, It is only natural for the young and old to be at odds over money matters. This idiom uses odds in the sense of "a condition of being unequal or different," and transfers it to a difference of opinion, or quarrel. [Late 1500s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
at odds
In disagreement; in conflict: "The artist and the self-critic ... are, with a few felicitous exceptions, forever at odds" (Joyce Carol Oates).
See also: odds
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- at odds over (something)
- set at odds
- ask no odds
- by all odds
- be at odds
- be at odds (with)
- against all odds
- against the odds
- odds
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