Meaning of cut and thrust | Babel Free

Definitions

The use of vehement arguments.

idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“He never got used to the cut⟳ and thrust of political debate⟳.”

“He likes the cut⟳ and thrust, the falls, bruises, and dry blows of an argument: as to any good or useful results that may come⟳ of the amicable settling of it, any one is welcome⟳ to them for him.”

“Several cabinet ministers, including Nadine Dorries and Michael Gove, have⟳ since defended the remarks, however, with the justice secretary, Dominic Raab, calling it part of the “cut⟳ and thrust” of parliamentary debate⟳.”

“This might all simply be the cut⟳ and thrust of business.”

“For quotations using this term, see⟳ Citations:cut⟳ and thrust.”

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