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Definition

To have a complaint or grievance (with somebody); to have a contentious issue to discuss.

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In Context

  • ""I offered her that sum if she would take the garment back. And she did, she did, and I shall never have to wear that dreadful satin again." ¶ I made a note of this dressmaker's name. She and I may have a bone to pick some day."
  • ""I have a bone to pick with you," said Mrs Bosenna. . . . "You have not been near Rilla for weeks," she went on, reproachfully."
  • "Clearly, Mr. Jarrett has a bone to pick with musicians like Branford Marsalis, whom he believes "sell out"."
  • "Author John Putzier has a bone to pick with organizations that treat their employees as if they were all clones of one another."
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