Idiom: take issue with someone/something
Meaning
Idiom: take issue with someone/something
- to disagree with someone or something
Example sentences
— I take issue with fanatics who disrupt events.
— We take issue with the extra charges on this bill and want to speak with the manager.
— Our delegation takes issue with amendment A and proposes the following wording instead.
— We take issue with your conclusion that Millennials are too lazy to vote.
— Did anyone take issue with the proposal?
— It's okay that you didn't reach our target. It happens. What I take issue with is your negative attitude.
— You might not mind but perhaps your wife will take issue with your son's aggressive behavior.
— I don't know why they didn't sign the contract. They didn't take issue with any of the provisions yesterday.
— Why didn't you take issue with this earlier when we could have addressed the matter?
— My parents took issue with my video gaming until they saw how much money I was earning on YouTube.
— The reason I took issue with him as a moderator is that he kept interrupting the speakers and the people asking questions.
— We certainly take issue with your argument that healthcare is not a fundamental right.
— Does anyone take issue with the proposed name change?
— I'm sorry but I have to take issue with the seating arrangements. Our major donors need to be seated at the head table. We don't have any other choice.
— The management team takes issue with how you are disciplining the team.
— I think any legitimate researcher would take issue with the methodology used in that study.
Synonyms
- call in question
- be out of tune with
- split over something
- quarrel with someone
- part company
- protest against
- frown at
- part company
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