HyperDic: at_loggerheads

English > 1 sense of the expression at loggerheads:
ADJECTIVEallat loggerheadsin a dispute or confrontation
English > at loggerheads: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningIn a dispute or confrontation.
Example"Sam and his parents were at loggerheads over the question of car privileges"
BroaderhostileCharacterized by enmity / enmity or ill ... / ill will

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