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take issue with



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Idioms and Phrases

Disagree with, as in I take issue with those figures; they don't include last month's sales . This idiom comes from legal terminology, where it was originally put as to join issue , meaning “take the opposite side of a case.” [Late 1600s]
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Example Sentences

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As for Harper’s “losers” comment about people who take issue with the Dodgers’ way of doing business?

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That's below the three-quarters of voters overall who take issue with the leaks, but it still marks a rare break with Trumpism for GOP voters.

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Even if you take issue with how the site is currently framing the conflict, that doesn’t justify Heritage’s plan.

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She also adapted a playful tone to take issue with another Trump assertion.

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“I take issue with the word ‘illegal’ because it assumes that this is a crime —this is a civil administrative process,” said Davenport.

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