have a bone to pick
verb
Roget 713:
be discordant
etc.
adj.;
disagree,
come amiss
etc.
24;
clash,
jar,
jostle,
pull different ways,
conflict,
have no measures with,
misunderstand one another;
live like cat and dog;
differ;
dissent
etc.
489;
have a bone to pick,
have a crow to pluck with.
fall out,
quarrel,
dispute;
litigate;
controvert
etc.
(deny)
536;
squabble,
wrangle,
jangle,
brangle†,
bicker,
nag;
spar
etc.
(contend)
720;
have words
etc.
n..
with;
fall foul of.
split;
break with,
break squares with,
part company with;
declare war,
try conclusions;
join issue,
put in issue;
pick a quarrel,
fasten a quarrel on;
sow dissension,
stir up dissension
etc.
n.;
embroil,
entangle,
disunite,
widen the breach;
set at odds,
set together by the ears;
set against,
pit against.
get into hot water,
fish in troubled waters,
brawl;
kick up a row,
kick up a dust;
turn the house out of window.
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Roget 919:
revenge,
avenge;
vindicate;
take one's revenge,
have one's revenge;
breathe revenge,
breathe vengeance;
wreak one's vengeance,
wreak one's anger.
have accounts to settle,
have a crow to pluck,
have a bone to pick,
have a rod in pickle.
keep the wound green;
harbor revenge,
harbor vindictive feeling;
bear malice;
rankle,
rankle in the breast.
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