The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SPAR which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Lock horns (with) crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SPAR | 44 % | 4 |
| ARGUE | 22 % | 5 |
| OPPOSE | 22 % | 6 |
| CLASH | 11 % | 5 |
Why may SPAR be the right solution?
"Lock horns (with)" is a phrase that means to engage in a conflict or argument with someone. "Spar" is a word that means to engage in a brief, friendly fight or argument, making it a fitting answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Lock horns (with)
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- argue
- dispute
- quarrel
- fight
- contention
- debate
- agonistic
- argument
- spar
- bate
- camp
- chest
Crossword Answer definitions
SPAR noun- A rafter of a roof.
- A thick pole or piece of wood.
- A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
- Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
- A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
- To bolt, bar.
- To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
- A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
- To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
- To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
- To contest in words; to wrangle.
- Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
- Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SPAR
- Sail support
- Exchange verbal blows
- Have a verbal dispute
- Mast
- Work out
- Work out with a pug
- Onetime USCG member
- Prepare for fight night
- Box
- Rigging support
More clues leading to the result ARGUE
- Debate (with)
- Lock horns
- State one's case
- Debate
- Dispute
- Plead one's case
- Press the point
- Go back and forth on an issue
- Wrangle
- Be contentious
More clues leading to the result OPPOSE
- Measure against
- Bump heads with
- Act against
- Go against
- Stand against
- Go against the government in Parliament
- Be against
- Face down
- Fly in the face of
- Side against