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butted heads

butted heads is the simple past and past participle of butt heads.

Meaning of butt heads

Verb

butt heads (third-person singular simple present butts heads, present participle butting heads, simple past and past participle butted heads)

  1. (idiomatic) To argue uncompromisingly.
    • They always seem to butt heads when they end up talking about politics.
  2. To struggle against something that does not give way.
    • For long spells, City butted their heads against Chelsea’s well-organised lines and the upshot was the end of their push to complete a treble.2021 May 29, David Hytner, “Chelsea win Champions League after Kai Havertz stuns Manchester City”, in The Guardian

Questions about butted heads

What is butted heads the simple past and past participle of?
Butted heads is the simple past and past participle of butt heads.

Words near butted heads in the dictionary

  1. Butte Meadows
  2. Butte Valley
  3. butteca
  4. buttecas
  5. butted
  6. butted heads
  7. butted in
  8. butted out
  9. butted up
  10. Butten
  11. butter

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