<span class="searchmatch">had</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span> simple past and past participle of have <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span>...
participle <span class="searchmatch">had</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span>) (idiomatic, usually followed by with) <span class="searchmatch">To</span> have <span class="searchmatch">a</span> complaint or grievance (with somebody); <span class="searchmatch">to</span> have <span class="searchmatch">a</span> contentious issue <span class="searchmatch">to</span> discuss...
<span class="searchmatch">bone</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">bones</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span>) (usually with with) <span class="searchmatch">A</span> disagreeable matter <span class="searchmatch">to</span> settle with somebody. Synonyms: crow <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span>, crow <span class="searchmatch">to</span> pluck, crow <span class="searchmatch">to</span>...
haunch-<span class="searchmatch">bone</span> have <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> in one's leg have <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span> H <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> heelbone herring-<span class="searchmatch">bone</span> holy <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> in one's <span class="searchmatch">bones</span> intrabone Ishango <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> jaw-<span class="searchmatch">bone</span> jaw <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> jump...
past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">had</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> crow <span class="searchmatch">to</span> pull) (obsolete) <span class="searchmatch">To</span> have <span class="searchmatch">a</span> point of contention (with someone); <span class="searchmatch">to</span> have <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span>. 1603, Michel de Montaigne...
have <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span>. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmeɪk nəʊ ˈbəʊnz əˌbaʊt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmeɪk noʊ ˈboʊnz əˌbaʊt/ make no <span class="searchmatch">bones</span> about...
The War: Well over a hundred urban warriors who weren't afraid <span class="searchmatch">to</span> die <span class="searchmatch">had</span> <span class="searchmatch">a</span> <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span> with me. No joke. 2018, N. J. Schrock, Incense Rising: lightning...
enduring basis for disagreement or dissatisfaction. Synonyms: <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> of contention, <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span>, point of contention 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann...
Proto-Indo-European *les- (“<span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span>, <span class="searchmatch">to</span> gather”), perhaps derived from the stem *el- (“<span class="searchmatch">to</span> bend”), via <span class="searchmatch">a</span> meaning such as “<span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span> (something) while bending...
It’s not possible to maintain the curiosity and openness you need for real research if you have such a big ax <span class="searchmatch">to</span> grind. have an ax <span class="searchmatch">to</span> grind <span class="searchmatch">bone</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">pick</span>...