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fuck with him about anything

English translation: fight/argue with him

03:41 May 25, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: fuck with him about anything
These days,it takes a minimum of one fifth of vodka just to brace his nerves for the trauma of standing upright out of bed, and half the time, when he's finally had enough to stand comfortably, he can no longer stand at all. He admires the resolution that she must have made to herself, how she fails to fuck with him about not fucking, indeed,how she fails to fuck with him about anything.
Shirley Fan
Local time: 15:35
Selected answer:fight/argue with him
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zebung
Local time: 09:35
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +3fight/argue with him
zebung
5 +2go up against him
David Hollywood
4 +1mess with, to bother; inconvenience
airmailrpl
4to battle
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fight/argue with him


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zebung
Local time: 09:35
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SwedishSwedish
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agree  Jack Doughty
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agree  Peter Simon
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agree  Yvonne Gallagher
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to battle


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Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
New Caledonia
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mess with, to bother; inconvenience


Explanation:
fuck with him => mess with, to bother; inconvenience

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 04:35
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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agree  Gabriella Vento
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
go up against him


Explanation:
in the sense of challenge him about anything

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Note added at 8 hrs (2015-05-25 12:41:02 GMT)
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of course it means "fight" but I was looking for a slightly subtler definition


David Hollywood
Local time: 04:35
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 116

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agree  danya
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agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
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