The two managers often butt heads over budgets.
butt heads
idiomTo argue uncompromisingly.
Origin
disputed originFrom the activities of some horned animals, which compete by butting, or hitting, their heads against one another.
My sister and I butt heads whenever we try to plan a family trip together.
The ambitious young reformer and the cautious veteran senator butt heads at every committee meeting, their clashing visions paralysing the legislation.
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bang some heads together
Attempt to get results from a previously ineffectual or argumentative group, typically by coercion or force.
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bust one's butt
To work exceptionally hard.
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butt in
To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).
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butt up
To touch closely, to scrape (against); to press firmly (against).
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full butt
headfirst with full force
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get one's butt somewhere
Go somewhere, especially quickly.
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heads or tails
The practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.
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heads will roll
Some people will be fired for incompetence.