trade insults (with one)
trade insults (with one)
To alternate saying insulting things (with one). My dad and my boyfriend kept trading insults throughout the dinner, until eventually I snapped at them to cut it out. She traded insults with her opponent for the whole debate.
See also: insult, trade
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
trade insults (with someone)
to take turns with someone in mutual insulting. We traded insults with each other for a while and then settled down to some serious discussions of our differences.
See also: insult, trade
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- trade insults
- throw insults
- throw insults (at one)
- double entendre
- it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest
- throw shade
- you can dish it out, but you can't take it
- it's a (type of person) thing
- it's a... thing
- play the dozens