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argue
verb as in verbally fight
Strong matches
altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, buck, cross, feud, hammer, hash, hassle, jump, pettifog, rehash, row, sass, wrangle
Weak matches
break with, bump heads, cross swords, face down, face off, gang up on, get in one's face, go one-on-one, hammer away, hash over, have at each other, have at it, jump on, knock around, lock horns, mix it up, pick an argument, put up a fight, put up a struggle, set to, sock it to, stick it to, talk back
verb as in try to convince; present support
Strongest matches
appeal, assert, claim, contend, defend, demonstrate, explain, indicate, maintain, plead, present, suggest, testify
Strong matches
attest, controvert, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, hold, imply, justify, manifest, persuade, reason, show, vindicate, warrant, witness
Weak matches
verb as in discuss, dispute
Strong matches
Example Sentences
But as we argued, I realized I often had more in common with English kids my age than with older Americans.
Rogers told the audience of a recent conversation with a software entrepreneur who developed an education platform, which she argued epitomized Canada’s complacency.
In a philosophical discussion of the kind that is more common on college campuses than in corporate headquarters, Jordan and Yash argue about whether mankind has made moral progress.
“It would also be hard to argue, on any objective measure, that Canada’s banking system is anything other than an oligopoly,” Rogers told a blue-chip Toronto audience.
It has pointed to research it and aviation regulators have funded to argue there is no evidence that fume-related toxins are released in sufficient quantities to cause significant harm.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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