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Antonyms for have bone to pick
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
- abandon
- abet
- accept
- admit
- agree
- agreeable
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- calm
- cede
- concede
- confirm
- consent
- cooperative
- corroborate
- deny
- desert
- divide
- easy-going
- encourage
- facilitate
- forget
- forward
- friendly
- give in
- give up
- go along
- help
- helping
- kind
- laid-back
- leave
- nice
- OK
- part
- peaceful
- peaceloving
- permit
- prove
- question
- reconcile
- remain
- retreat
- separate
- sign
- stay
- support
- surrender
- unmix
- verify
- vouch
Definition of have bone to pick
- As in pugnacious : adj belligerent
- As in belligerent : adj nasty, argumentative
- As in scrappy : adj belligerent
- As in contend : verb argue
- As in contradict : verb be at variance with
- As in counter : verb answer, respond in retaliation
- As in cross : verb betray, hinder
Synonyms for have bone to pick
- affirm
- aggressive
- allege
- antagonistic
- ardent
- argumentative
- assert
- at loggerheads
- aver
- avow
- backtalk
- battling
- beat
- belie
- bellicose
- bilk
- blast
- block
- bollix
- brawling
- buck
- call in question
- cantankerous
- challenge
- charge
- chip on shoulder
- choleric
- circumvent
- claim
- combative
- come at
- confront
- contentious
- contravene
- controvert
- counter
- counteract
- counterwork
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cross
- dare
- dash
- debate
- defend
- defiant
- deny
- dictate
- differ
- disaffirm
- disappoint
- disclaim
- disprove
- disputatious
- dispute
- double-cross
- enjoin
- fierce
- fighting
- flip
- flummox
- fly in face of
- fly in the face of
- foil
- foul up
- frustrate
- gainsay
- gang up on
- go at
- have a bone to pick
- have at
- have bone to pick
- have chip on shoulder
- have it in for
- hinder
- hit back
- hold
- hostile
- hot
- hot-tempered
- impede
- impugn
- insist
- interfere
- irascible
- irritable
- itching to fight
- jump on
- justify
- knock props out
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- louse up
- maintain
- match
- mean
- meet
- militant
- mix
- mix it up
- negate
- negative
- obstruct
- offset
- on the outs
- oppose
- ornery
- parry
- petulant
- pit
- play off
- prescribe
- pugnacious
- pushing
- pushy
- put up argument
- quarrelsome
- ready to fight
- rebellious
- refuse to accept
- report
- repudiate
- resist
- respond
- retaliate
- return
- rip
- ruin
- salty
- say
- scrappy
- self-assertive
- sell
- sell out
- set to
- snafu
- sock it to one
- stab in the back
- stick it to
- stonewall
- stump
- stymie
- take on
- take wind out of sails
- tell
- thumbs down
- thwart
- traverse
- truculent
- urge
- vie
- vindicate
- ward off
- warlike
- warrant
- zap
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