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put up an argument

VERB

dissent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

balk contradict demur differ

STRONG

argue buck decline disaccord discord divide object oppose pettifog protest refuse shy stickle vary wrangle

WEAK

break with fly in the face of put up a fight say no way say not a chance say nothing doing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept agree consent

STRONG

approve join

WEAK

assent authorize concur endorse ratify sanction

VERB

fight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

argue combat continue engage in force maintain oppose resist support

STRONG

bicker buck conduct contest defy dispute effect endure further hassle persevere persist prosecute repel row squabble strive struggle travail traverse uphold wage withstand wrangle

WEAK

buckle down carry on exert oneself fall out hammer away lay into light into make a stand against push forward spare no effort stand up to take on take pains tangle with toil on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree comply ignore let go neglect surrender

STRONG

cease concur forget give in give up halt idle leave quit stop yield

WEAK

believe make peace uphold

VERB

pettifog

Synonyms

STRONG

altercate argufy avoid bicker carp cavil chicane criticize dispute equivocate evade fence flip-flop hassle niggle nitpick pretend prevaricate shift spar squabble waffle wrangle

WEAK

argue over blow hot and cold catch at straws have at it hem and haw hypercriticize make a big thing about nit-pick paralogize pick to pieces set to split hairs talk back

Antonyms

STRONG

agree concur face give in meet tell the truth

VERB

quibble

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bicker carp spar squabble waffle wrangle

STRONG

altercate argufy avoid cavil chicane criticize dispute equivocate evade fence flip-flop hassle pettifog pretend prevaricate shift

WEAK

argue over blow hot and cold catch at straws have at it hem and haw hypercriticize make a big thing about nit-pick paralogize set to split hairs talk back

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree

STRONG

face meet tell the truth

WEAK

approve concur

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Louis Lippo, as does every man, loved to interpret, to a stranger particularly, if no native was present to put up an argument.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Peeta's too hungry himself to put up an argument.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

And I’ve really put up an argument about the living quarters.

From Space Platform by Leinster, Murray

Arth didn't put up an argument on that.

From Unborn Tomorrow by Freas, Kelly

Maggie she's turned pale in the gills, her mouth is hangin' open, and her eyes are bugged, but she ain't too scared to put up an argument.

From Wilt Thou Torchy by Ford, Sewell

put up an argument

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