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