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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshouting matchshouting match (also slanging match British English)ARGUE a loud angry argument in which two people insult each other The meeting degenerated into a shouting match. → match
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shouting match• Once, amid a furious shouting match reported by Clinton biographer David Maraniss, then-Gov.• On the pavements, pedestrians bump into each other rather than step aside, and small offences turn quickly into shouting matches.• Their late-night shouting match was so noisy it kept staff awake.• He was a diplomat; he liked negotiation and conclusions, not shouting matches in smoke-filled rooms which went nowhere.• She interrupts the shouting match behind her to seek directions to Aunt Molly's hotel.• Precipitating the shouting match at Lindale was a 25-cent increase in the $ 1 admission fee.• Then the shouting matches would commence.
shouting matchˈshouting ˌmatch noun [countable] an angry argument in which people shout at each other
Examples from the Corpus
shouting match• Once, amid a furious shouting match reported by Clinton biographer David Maraniss, then-Gov.• Their late-night shouting match was so noisy it kept staff awake.• She interrupts the shouting match behind her to seek directions to Aunt Molly's hotel.• Precipitating the shouting match at Lindale was a 25-cent increase in the $ 1 admission fee.
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