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Meaning of have a crow to pull | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To have a point of contention (with someone); to have a bone to pick.

obsolete

Examples

“Philip, the King of Macedon, who had so many crowes to pul with the Romanes, […] resolved at last⟳ to seize upon al their children whom he had caused to be murthered, that so he might day by day one after another rid⟳ thw world of them, and so establish⟳ his safety.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

have a dog and bark oneself have a fable for have a face on have a few have a few too many have a finger in

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