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TAKE ISSUE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does take issue mean?

• TAKE ISSUE (verb)
The verb TAKE ISSUE has 1 sense:

1. be of different opinions

Familiarity information: TAKE ISSUE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TAKE ISSUE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Be of different opinions

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

disagree; take issue; differ; dissent

Context examples:

I beg to differ! / She disagrees with her husband on many questions

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take issue"):

dissent (withhold assent)

clash (disagree violently)

contradict; contravene; negate (deny the truth of)

Sentence frames:

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