Idiom
war of words
Meaning
A heated exchange of threatening or inflammatory statements.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The two neighbors are having a war of words over the fence.”
“The election campaign turned into a bitter war of words between the two candidates as they attacked each other's policies.”
“What began as a minor disagreement regarding the contract quickly escalated into a prolonged war of words that damaged the professional relationship between the two firms.”
Examples
simple
“The two neighbors are having a war of words over the fence.”
contextual
“The election campaign turned into a bitter war of words between the two candidates as they attacked each other's policies.”
complex
“What began as a minor disagreement regarding the contract quickly escalated into a prolonged war of words that damaged the professional relationship between the two firms.”
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