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Definition of the day : « cross swords »
- verb to be in a dispute or fight
- You refuse to cross swords with me on the pretext that you do not fight men of my stamp.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- Do you mean that you would seek to cross swords with the Vicomte?
- Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
- And now farewell; may it be my lot to cross swords with one of you before all is done.
- Extract from : « Queen Sheba's Ring » by H. Rider Haggard
- He had refused to cross swords with her, and had lowered his own in salute.
- Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury
- Was this chit of a girl going to attempt to cross swords with her?
- Extract from : « A Bachelor Husband » by Ruby M. Ayres
- Or if you will do me the honour to cross swords, my sword is ready.
- Extract from : « The Chronicles of Count Antonio » by Anthony Hope
- I will cross swords with any man that she appoints as her deputy.
- Extract from : « To Tell You the Truth » by Leonard Merrick
- He found time to cross swords with somebody else, and got the worst of the encounter.
- Extract from : « Lola Montez » by Edmund B. d'Auvergne
- He challenged Monsieur, and Monsieur declined to cross swords with a thief.
- Extract from : « Helmet of Navarre » by Bertha Runkle
- The cross swords were held in especial veneration by the medieval Christians.
- Extract from : « Modern Spanish Lyrics » by Various