Usually means: Argue about trivial, minor details.
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  1. split hairs: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. split hairs: Merriam-Webster
  3. split hairs: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. split hairs: Collins English Dictionary
  5. split hairs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. split hairs: Wiktionary
  7. split hairs: Dictionary.com
  8. split hairs: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. split hairs: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

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  1. split hairs: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (split hairs)

noun:  (idiomatic) Tedious details; minutiae.
verb:  (idiomatic) To consider or argue about fine details; to worry about minutiae.

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