spar

verb [I]

/spɑr/ (-rr-)

Definition

› to practice the sport of boxing without hitting hard: Dexter sparred with his partner for about an hour. › To spar also means to argue: State officials are still sparring over funding.

(Definition of spar verb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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