dispute Idiom
in dispute|dispute
adj. phr. Disagreed about; being argued.
The penalty ordered by the referee was in dispute by one of the teams. Everyone in the clans wanted to say something about the subject in dispute.
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in dispute
in dispute Disagreed about, in controversy. For example,
This parcel of land is in dispute, claimed by several persons, or
The origin of this phrase is in dispute. [Mid-1600s]