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Cut-and-thrust

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Noun

1. cut-and-thrust, knife fight, snickersnee

fighting with knives

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Cut-and-thrust

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noun
1. fencing
using both the blade and the point of a sword
2. 
(in argument, debate, etc) a lively and spirited exchange of ideas or opinions

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Cut-and-thrust

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noun
a lively, aggressive manner
the cut-and-thrust of partisan politics
: also cut and thrust

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