conflict out

English

Verb

conflict out (third-person singular simple present conflicts out, present participle conflicting out, simple past and past participle conflicted out)

1. (transitive, law) To eliminate (a legal representative) due to a conflict of interest.
   • 2017, Diane Medved, Don't Divorce:

     “Conflicting out” attorneys is the way a husband will make sure his wife doesn't hire any of the most aggressive lawyers in town.