fall to loggerheads

fall to loggerheads
1.
Come to blows, go to loggerheads.
2.
Fall out, dispute, disagree, wrangle. See quarrel.

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  • To fall to loggerheads — Loggerhead Log ger*head , n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fall out — let s not fall out over something so silly Syn: quarrel, argue, row, fight, squabble, bicker, have words, disagree, be at odds, clash, wrangle, cross swords, lock horns, be at loggerheads, be at each other s throats; informal scrap …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • To be at loggerheads — Loggerhead Log ger*head , n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To go to loggerheads — Loggerhead Log ger*head , n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • go to loggerheads — Come to blows, fall to loggerheads …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Lanius Ludovicianus — Loggerhead Log ger*head , n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Loggerhead — Log ger*head , n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • logger-headed turtle — Loggerhead Log ger*head , n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Thalassochelys caouana — Loggerhead Log ger*head , n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Thalassochelys caretta — Loggerhead Log ger*head , n. [Log + head.] 1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) An upright piece of round timber, in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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