spar with someone

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• spar\ with — • fence with • spar with v To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences …   Словарь американских идиом

• spar — [[t]spɑ͟ː(r)[/t]] spars, sparring, sparred 1) V RECIP If you spar with someone, you box using fairly gentle blows instead of hitting your opponent hard, either when you are training or when you want to test how quickly your opponent reacts. [V… …   English dictionary

• spar — spar1 [spa: US spa:r] v past tense and past participle sparred present participle sparring [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from spur] 1.) to practise ↑boxing with someone spar with ▪ He broke his nose while sparring with Vega. 2.) to argue… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• spar — spar1 [ spar ] verb intransitive 1. ) to practice fighting with someone: The two fighters sparred with each other in the late 1980s. 2. ) MAINLY JOURNALISM to argue: Foreign ministers sparred over new defense proposals. ╾ spar|ring noun uncount… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• spar — I UK [spɑː(r)] / US [spɑr] verb [intransitive] Word forms spar : present tense I/you/we/they spar he/she/it spars present participle sparring past tense sparred past participle sparred 1) to practise fighting with someone The two fighters sparred …   English dictionary

• spar — 1 verb sparred, sparring (I) 1 to practise boxing with someone: He once sparred with Mike Tyson. 2 to argue with someone but not in an unpleasant way: gentle sparring between the generations 2 noun (C) a thick pole, especially one used on a ship… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• spar — [spɑː] verb [I] to practise fighting with someone …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• fence\ with — • fence with • spar with v To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences …   Словарь американских идиом

• fence with — or[spar with] {v.} To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). * /The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• fence with — or[spar with] {v.} To talk with (someone) as if you were fighting like a swordsman or boxer; to give skillful answers or arguments against (someone). * /The governor was an expert at fencing with reporters at press conferences./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• To spring a spar — Spring Spring (spr[i^]ng), v. t. 1. To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant. [1913 Webster] 2. To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; as, to spring a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English