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at loggerheads

Syllables: at log·ger·headsUK/æt ˈlɒɡəhɛdz/US/æt ˈlɔɡɚˌhɛdz/

at loggerheads prepositional phrase: unable to agree; opposing.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (figuratively) Unable to agree; opposing.
    • We were really at 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.
    • Educators in a Washington state school district went on strike Friday because the teachers’ union and the Ridgefield School District (RSD) remain at loggerheads following months of collective bargaining negotiations.2022 September 9, Paradise Afshar, “Washington state school district goes on strike”, in CNN

at loggerheads meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

at loggerheads in Malayalam

at variance, in disagreement, at odds
തർക്കത്തിർേപ്പെട്ട, കലഹിക്കുന്ന, വഴക്കുകൂടുന്ന, പരസ്പരം സദാ ശണ്ഠകൂടുന്ന, വഴക്കിടുന്ന, നിരന്തരം തർക്കിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്ന

at loggerheads in Kannada

ವಿವಾದದಲ್ಲಿರುವ, ವೈಷಮ್ಯದ, ಮಾತಿನ ಹಣಾಹಣಿ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿರುವ

Synonyms of at loggerheads

Origin of at loggerheads

Uncertain; possibly from the use of a loggerhead (“metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end”) as a weapon during a fight.

Questions about at loggerheads

What does at loggerheads mean?
At loggerheads means unable to agree; opposing.
What is at loggerheads in Malayalam?
At loggerheads in Malayalam is തർക്കത്തിർേപ്പെട്ട, കലഹിക്കുന്ന, വഴക്കുകൂടുന്ന. See At loggerheads meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is at loggerheads?
At loggerheads is a prepositional phrase.
How do you pronounce at loggerheads?
At loggerheads is pronounced /æt ˈlɒɡəhɛdz/ (UK).

Words near at loggerheads in the dictionary

  1. at latter Lammas
  2. at least
  3. at leisure
  4. at length
  5. at liberty
  6. at loggerheads
  7. at long last
  8. at loose ends
  9. at minimum
  10. at most
  11. at night

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: at loggerheads (page history and authors); at loggerheads (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); at loggerheads (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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