don't argue

noun

An instance of fending off an opponent by holding an arm out straight and pushing in their chest.

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Meanings

noundon't argue (plural don't argues)

plural don't argues · alternative don't-argue

  1. Australian rules footballAn instance of fending off an opponent by holding an arm out straight and pushing in their chest.
verbdon't argue (third-person singular simple present don't argues, present participle don't arguing, simple past and past participle don't argued)

present singular third person don't argues · participle present don't arguing · participle past don't argued · past don't argued · alternative don't-argue

  1. Australian rules footballTo fend off an opponent by holding an arm out straight and pushing in their chest.
    1 more example

    2017 Justin Talent, "THE MOMENT PORT SKIPPER KNEW THEY HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL" 1116 SEN, 26 June 2017. Accessed 23 August 2018. "“I think in his first session he don’t argued Ollie (Wines) and put him on his arse and probably two weeks later he did the same thing to Hamish (Hartlett), so we knew this kid was going to be pretty special."

Origin

From the idea that pushing an opponent away with the arm is an order not to argue.

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APA

don't argue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/don't%20argue

MLA

“don't argue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/don't%20argue. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “don't argue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/don't%20argue.

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