at odds (with someone)

at odds (with someone)
at odds (with someone) & at odds over something
in opposition to someone; at loggerheads (with someone). •

Mary is always at odds with her father about how late she can stay out.

John and his father are always at odds over what to watch on TV.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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