take issue with

verb

To disagree with something, and to raise objections to it.

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take issue tocall into question
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Meanings

verbtake issue with (third-person singular simple present takes issue with, present participle taking issue with, simple past took issue with, past participle taken issue with)

present singular third person takes issue with · participle present taking issue with · past took issue with · participle past taken issue with

  1. To disagree with something, and to raise objections to it.

    We took issue with the boba, which were firm in the center and borderline undercooked.

    2026 August 15, Irene Adeline Milanez, “We tasted boba from some of the Bay Area’s most popular chains. Here’s our No. 1”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 16 Aug 2026

    Synonyms: take issue to, call into question

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo disagree with something, and to raise objections to it.

Similar
take issue tocall into question
Also see
opposetake issue to

Translations

German überhaupt nicht einverstanden sein mit etwas, Widerspruch erheben gegen etwas
  • überhaupt nicht einverstanden sein mit etwasto disagree with s.th., and to raise objections to it
  • Widerspruch erheben gegen etwasto disagree with s.th., and to raise objections to it
  • Einwände erheben gegen etwasto disagree with s.th., and to raise objections to it
Cite this entry
APA

take issue with. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20issue%20with

MLA

“take issue with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20issue%20with. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take issue with,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20issue%20with.

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