set sb against sb
— phrasal verb with set uk/set/us/set/verb present participle setting, past tense and past participle set
to cause one person to argue or fight with another person:
This war has set neighbour against neighbour.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arguing & disagreeing
- afoul
- beg
- bet
- bicker
- bone
- cat
- conflicting
- contestation
- contrarian
- exchange words idiom
- gherao
- have a bone to pick with sb idiom
- make a case for sth idiom
- mano a mano
- row 1
- slang
- slug
- spar
- split
- wrangle
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