collision course
take steps
keep up with
dialectic
toe dance
sore point
drop the gloves
actionable
on the wrong track
counter-argumentative
war
manufactroversy
expediency
watch the feathers fly
stage of the game
think about
make hay while the sun shines
point of contention
bite the bullet
ask for it
association of ideas
ask for trouble
strength
persuasiveness
active
look for trouble
battlefront
counteractivity
strike out
boil over
contention
rules of the game
counterintrigue
warpath
middle way
incendiary
incitive
agon
instrumentalisation
rabble-rousing
ideation
demystification
qualification
seditious
opposition
lash oneself to the mast
inflammatory
instigative
interpose
indirection
conflict
position
fence-sitting
have it out
burn that bridge when one comes to it
low road
high noon
tangle
dialectics
perseverance
side
heads I win, tails you lose
sticking point
give up
let the matter drop
crying
straight-out
abandon
subcognitive
wait for the other shoe to drop
slug it out
unconflict
battle out
stubbornness
cause
drive
obstinance
toe-dance
self-will
movement
campaign
individualistic
crusade
back down
jar
go by
bullheadedness
obstinacy
waiting game
effort
pigheadedness
amicably
interpret
a nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat
feigned issue
drop in the bucket
counterplot
both-sides
play it by ear