"fight like an old married couple" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fights like an old married couple [present, singular, third-person], fighting like an old married couple [participle, present], fought like an old married couple [participle, past], fought like an old married couple [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fight<,,fought> like an old married couple|head=fight like an old married couple}} fight like an old married couple (third-person singular simple present fights like an old married couple, present participle fighting like an old married couple, simple past and past participle fought like an old married couple)
  1. Synonym of argue like a married couple Synonyms: argue like a married couple [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fight_like_an_old_married_couple-en-verb-CziNMFof Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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