| 单词 | to fasten a quarrel upon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fasten a quarrel upon P4. to fasten a quarrel upon and variants: to draw (a person) into a quarrel, to pick a fight with. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > quarrel with [verb (transitive)] > pick a quarrel with to make a matter to1530 to fasten a quarrel upon1669 1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 17 He..could never fasten a quarrel upon you. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 325 The..Macdonalds..fastened a succession of quarrels on the people of Inverness. 1863 J. M. Allan Nobly False I. ii. viii. 298 Gerald endeavoured in vain to fasten an argument upon ‘The Venerable’, as to the literal construction of the first chapters of Genesis. 1939 Times 30 Sept. 7/2 We have sought no quarrel with the Soviet, and it remains to be seen whether the Soviet desires to fasten a quarrel upon us. < as lemmas |
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