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Take issue   /teɪk ˈɪʃu/   Listen
Take issue

verb
1.
Be of different opinions.  Synonyms: differ, disagree, dissent.  "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"






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"Take issue" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'has been called a fratricidal war by some, by others an irrepressible conflict between freedom and slavery. We respectfully take issue with the authors of both these ideas. We are not the brothers of the Yankees, and the slavery question is merely the pretext, not the cause of the war. The true irrepressible conflict lies fundamentally in the hereditary hostility, the sacred animosity, the eternal ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy. • Various



Words linked to "Take issue" :   contravene, agree, negate, clash, contradict



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