Cryptic crossword clue
Pick an argument on the phone 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word APPOINT

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We know that "Pick" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pick = appoint.
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What does APPOINT mean?

APPOINT verb
  1. To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
  2. To name (someone to a post or role).
  3. To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
  4. To equip (someone) with (something); to assign (someone) authoritatively (some equipment).
  5. To fix the disposition of (property) by designating someone to take use of (it).
  6. To fix with power or firmness by decree or command; to ordain or establish.
  7. To resolve; to determine; to ordain.

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