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at each other's throats

at each other's throats prepositional phrase: in mutual conflict.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) In mutual conflict.
    • The two roommates had been at each other's throats ever since the first took the biggest bedroom without any discussion.
    • Hariri's endorsement of Aoun for the presidency on Thursday is a dramatic and expedient marriage of opposing political camps that have been at each other's throats for years.2016 October 22, Rami G Khouri, “Lebanese oligarchy preserves its interests once again”, in Aljazeera
    Synonyms:
    at one another's throats

Synonyms of at each other's throats

  • at one another's throats

Questions about at each other's throats

What does at each other's throats mean?
At each other's throats means in mutual conflict.
What part of speech is at each other's throats?
At each other's throats is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at each other's throats in the dictionary

  1. at cost
  2. at cross-purposes
  3. at daggers drawn
  4. at dark
  5. at death's door
  6. at each other's throats
  7. at ease
  8. at every turn
  9. at fault
  10. at first
  11. at first bluff

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