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at loggerheads

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WOTD – 24 January 2010

Etymology

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Uncertain; possibly from the use of aloggerhead(metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end) as aweapon during afight.[1]

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

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atloggerheads

  1. (figuratively)Unable toagree;opposing.
    We were reallyat loggerheads about what to do with the money we found on the side of the road; she said we should turn it in, I said we should keep it.
    • 2022 September 9, Paradise Afshar, “Washington state school district goes on strike”, inCNN[1]:
      Educators in a Washington state school district went on strike Friday because the teachers’ union and the Ridgefield School District (RSD) remainat loggerheads following months of collective bargaining negotiations.

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Translations

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unable to agree; opposing

References

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  1. ^loggerhead,n.”, inOED OnlinePaid subscription required, Oxford:Oxford University Press,1903.
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