bandy words with someone

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• bandy — [[t]bæ̱ndi[/t]] bandies, bandying, bandied VERB If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them. [V n with n] Brand shook his head. He was tired of bandying words with the man... [V n adv] The prosecution and defense were bandying… …   English dictionary

• bandy — [16] To ‘bandy words with someone’ may go back to an original idea of ‘banding together to oppose others’. The word comes from French bander ‘oppose’, which is possibly a derivative of bande ‘group, company’ (source of English band). The rather… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• bandy — [16] To ‘bandy words with someone’ may go back to an original idea of ‘banding together to oppose others’. The word comes from French bander ‘oppose’, which is possibly a derivative of bande ‘group, company’ (source of English band). The rather… …   Word origins

• bandy — I. /ˈbændi / (say bandee) verb (t) (bandied, bandying) 1. to pass from one to another, or back and forth; give and take. 2. to throw or strike to and fro, or from side to side, as a ball in tennis. –noun (plural bandies) 3. → bandy ball. 4. a… …  

• bandy — 1 adjective bandy legs curve outwards at the knees bandy legged adjective 2 verb bandy words (with) old fashioned to quarrel with someone bandy sth about phrasal verb (T) to mention an idea, name, remark etc several times, especially to impress… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bandy — I UK [ˈbændɪ] / US verb Word forms bandy : present tense I/you/we/they bandy he/she/it bandies present participle bandying past tense bandied past participle bandied bandy words Phrasal verbs: bandy around II UK [ˈbændɪ] / US adjective Word forms …   English dictionary

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