lock
/lɒk/ verbDefinition
lock horns (with sb) › to become involved in a disagreement or argument with someone: My first test as a manager early in my career was locking horns with a union representative at a print factory.lock horns (with sb) over sth The White House and Congress locked horns over how to cut the budget deficit.
(Definition of lock verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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