Synonyms for cut-and-thrust
cut-and-thrust

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

   fighting with knives

   Synonyms:
   knife fight, snickersnee

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1. Dominic Raab:

   I knock on doors every day, no one gives a toss about the social media cut and thrust. What they care about is the substance of the issues, and of course there's a huge amount of scepticism about the claims of all politicians.

2. Thomas Huxley:

   Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.