What does take issue mean?
Definitions for take issue
take is·sue
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Princeton's WordNet
disagree, differ, dissent, take issueverb
be of different opinions
"I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions"
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take issue
To take issue with something means to express disagreement, dispute, or argue against it. It usually involves expressing objections, criticisms, or differences of opinion on a particular matter, statement, or decision.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of take issue in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of take issue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of take issue in a Sentence
Democratic Rep. Michael Doyle:
What mandate in the Obamacare bill does he take issue with? Certainly not with pre-existing conditions, or caps on benefits, or letting your child stay on the policy until they're 26, so I'm curious what are we mandating?
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson:
I’ve never heard from Chris Kennedy. I’ve never even met him. He’s never visited a police station or asked me or my team for any kind of briefing on what we are doing in Chicago to address the gang violence and ongoing infusion of illegal guns on our streets, i’m not a politician, but I do take issue with the hard work our men and women are doing to beat back this violence is used to score political points.
Let me take issue with the anti-establishment, i never positioned myself as anti-establishment. In fact, I was the only elected official in my race, I point out. Katie McGinty never held elected office and [Joe] Sestak’s only elected office was a term, I believe, in Congress before he started running. So this idea that I was anti-establishment – I just ran on what I felt were important, common sense issues whether that was a living wage, marijuana legalization, a Black Lives Matter kind of worldview, but also a community policing.
Ammunition is widely available at ranges to begin with,and we don't take issue with that, if they put it in a school, call me back.
I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.
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