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To become disobedient against authority

Lead or take part in a vigorous campaign for social, political, or religious change

Be engaged in a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute

To engage in a contest or conflict

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Verb

Begin fighting

mount an attack

fight for King and country

fight for Queen and country

engage in combat

engage in hostilities

bear arms against

engage in conflict

take the field against

be at each other's throats

campaign against

carry on hostilities

fight like cat and dog

come into conflict

have a punch-up

exchange blows with

go for each other

raise your fists

enter the lists

come to blows with

assault each other

get into conflict with

face off against

come into conflict with

cross swords with

struggle against

punch each other

take all comers

take up the gauntlet

fight like Kilkenny cats

attack each other

put yourself forward

jockey for position

give all one's got

knock oneself out

go head to head

nominate yourself

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“Some of the others managed to take up arms and a battle began between those who only hours earlier had been allies.”

Verb

To become disobedient against authority

be insubordinate

mount a rebellion

rise up in arms

stage a rebellion

take to the streets

mount the barricades

stir up trouble

oppose authority

disobey authority

resist authority

get out of line

take up arms against

refuse to obey orders

take part in an uprising

man the barricades

take part in an insurrection

defy the authorities

show resistance

come out against

rise up against

rise in opposition

fight in the streets

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Verb

Lead or take part in a vigorous campaign for social, political, or religious change

take up the cudgels

put your back into

drum up support

propagandize^US

propagandise^UK

stir up opinion

argue in favour of

plead in favour of

speak in favour of

give it your all

make every effort

bend over backwards

work like a Trojan

work your fingers to the bone

work like a dog

fall over backwards

pull out all the stops

lean over backwards

give it your best shot

make an all-out effort

rupture yourself

break your neck

knock oneself out

give something one's all

put yourself out

break one's back

burn the candle at both ends

work oneself to the bone

work like a slave

put one's back into something

have a crack at

do your damnedest

spare no effort

leave no stone unturned

jump through hoops

give it a whirl

go for the jugular

move with difficulty

put up a fight against

work day and night

keep your head down

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Verb

Be engaged in a prolonged and bitter quarrel or dispute

be at daggers with

fight like cat and dog

be at daggers drawn

go at it hammer and tongs

be at loggerheads

be at sixes and sevens

have an argument

have a misunderstanding

have an altercation

have a disagreement

have shouting match

differ in opinion

not see eye to eye

be of a different opinion

be incompatible

have a different opinion

jump on one's case

bat back and forth

rip into each other

let someone have it

take issue with

contradict each other

go for the jugular

pick an argument

get in one's face

put up a struggle

have at each other

jump on each other

be at each other's throats

protest against

engage in conflict

be in opposition

be at odds with

be in contention

take exception to

call into question

get into a dispute

have a difference of opinion

get into conflict

call on the carpet

have a squabble

have a slanging match

express disagreement with

be at variance with

withhold assent

express disagreement

express objection

fail to agree with

put up an argument

say not a chance

decline to support

say nothing doing

refuse to support

fly in the face of

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Verb

To engage in a contest or conflict

struggle against

lock horns with

put up a fight against

fly in the face of

take a stand against

be in opposition to

speak out against

take issue with

be in defiance of

not countenance

call in question

set your face against

stand up and be counted against

come to blows with

hold out against

dig in your heels

take up arms against

refuse to accept

compete against

call into question

come up against

have bone to pick

come face to face with

face off against

call one's bluff

defend yourself

make a stand against

agitate against

campaign against

stand up against

meet eyeball-to-eyeball

contend against

spare no effort

throw down the gauntlet

be at variance with

put up an argument

protest against

take wind out of sails

get into conflict with

put in opposition

cross swords with

make a nonsense of

have a problem with

shake one's head

come into conflict with

say the opposite of

content against

go one on one with

go toe to toe with

go eyeball to eyeball with

be pitted against

knock chip off shoulder

run the gauntlet

step over the line

push back against

bring to an end to

begin battle with

wage war against

be drawn against

take the bull by the horns

be confronted by

mount an attack on

enter into combat with

cast doubt upon

cast aspersions upon

throw the book at

come to close quarters with

join battle with

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