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Collocations for quarrel - noun

ADJECTIVE

bitter, serious, violent
family, internal, lovers'
personal, private
long-standing, old

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VERB + quarrel

have
pick, provoke
I don't want to pick a quarrel with her.
be involved in, become involved in, get involved in (all esp. BrE)
make up (BrE), patch up (BrE), settle

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quarrel + VERB

break out

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PREPOSITION

quarrel about
a quarrel about money
quarrel between
a quarrel between family members
quarrel over
a quarrel over the ownership of a piece of land
quarrel with
Our quarrel is not with the people, but with their leader.

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PHRASES

have no quarrel with sb/sth
We have no quarrel with their plans, in fact we support them.

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Collocations for quarrel - verb

ADVERB

bitterly, fiercely, violently (all esp. BrE)

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PREPOSITION

about, over
Companies always quarrel about the exact terms of the agreement.
What did you two quarrel about?
We tend to quarrel over money. (esp. BrE)
with
I didn't want to quarrel with Tyler over weekend plans.
Why must you always quarrel with your sister? (esp. BrE)

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