shouting match

noun

: a loud, angry argument in which people shout at each other
He got into a shouting match with his neighbor.

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This morning, the House task force investigating the assassination attempt against Trump also met, spiraling into a shouting match between a Republican lawmaker and the acting Secret Service director. The Hill Staff, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024 The acting director of the Secret Service and a Republican congressman from Texas got into a shouting match in a congressional hearing on Thursday over the acting director’s appearance in an official photo during a remembrance ceremony in New York on Sept. 11. Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024

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“Shouting match.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shouting%20match. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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