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At loggerheads   /æt lˈɑgərhˌɛdz/   Listen
At loggerheads

adjective
1.
In a dispute or confrontation.






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"At loggerheads" Quotes from Famous Books



... believed. The fact is, Henry, I have become so entangled in this cotton mill business with Squire Floyd, Dewey, and others, that I find myself in a maze of bewildering uncertainty. The Squire and Ralph are at loggerheads, and seem to me to be getting matters snarled up. There is no denying the fact that this summary footing of our accounts, as executors, has tended to cripple affairs. We were working up to the full extent of capital invested, and the absence of a hundred thousand dollars—or ...
— The Allen House - or Twenty Years Ago and Now • T. S. Arthur

... known as the town bully, and many a time had he taken delight in giving our four friends more or less trouble; Jerry and he had always been at loggerheads, and could look back to half a dozen occasions in the past where the contest for supremacy had brought them to the ...
— The Outdoor Chums - The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club • Captain Quincy Allen



Words linked to "At loggerheads" :   hostile



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