Word info

quarrel with

Verb

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quarrel,‎ with, to argue with (someone).

To dispute (an issue or fact).
I'm not quarreling with your figures; I'm just not sure they support your conclusion.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him? Blaise Pascal

Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one. George Etherege

I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art. Mary Baker Eddy

Appetite comes with the first bite, and a quarrel with the first word. Arabic Proverb

Teeth will never quarrel with the tongue. Ivorian Proverb

Forbear a quarrel with a friend to move: anger breeds hatred; concord sweetens love. Dutch Proverb

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