Complete the sentences with the words from the box

clash · bottle up · get on someone's nerves · mediate · bikeshed · talk past each other · personality clash · hold a grudge · bury the hatchet · pet peeve · take sides · air grievances

• The two principal engineers often ____ over software architecture choices.
• Their conflict was not professional; it was simply a ____ between two leads.
• The scrum master refused to ____ during the heated debate.
• We scheduled a meeting to allow everyone to ____ openly.
• If you ____ your anger, it will lead to continuous friction.
• It is unprofessional to ____ against a team member for months.
• Our director had to ____ the dispute between design and engineering.
• They failed to agree because they continued to ____ during discussions.
• His constant micromanagement began to ____ after a few weeks.
• Leaving unformatted code in pull requests is my biggest ____ .
• Instead of fixing architecture flaws, the team chose to ____ on UI colors.
• After months of disagreement, both leads decided to ____ and cooperate.

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