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.
See also:
  • 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