quibble over

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to argue about small details that are not very important

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   quibble over something

   Usage: Over introduces the minor detail disputed: quibble over punctuation.

   The committee began to quibble over punctuation while the main proposal remained unfinished.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The committee began to quibble over punctuation while the main proposal remained unfinished.

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