See butt heads on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From the activities of some horned animals, which compete by butting, or hitting, their heads against one another.",
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"text": "They always seem to butt heads when they end up talking about politics.",
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"ref": "2018 November 21, Jocelyn Samara D., Rain (webcomic), Comic 1101 - Rose:",
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"(idiomatic) To argue uncompromisingly."
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"sense": "argue uncompromisingly",
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"sense": "argue uncompromisingly",
"word": "ne pas se mouiller"
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