take issue

phrase

: to adopt or express an opposed or contrary view or position : disagree

Though a barbecuing Southerner may take issue, Texas-style and Korean barbecue have much in common.

—Anito Lo

—usually used with with

She took issue with the conclusions reached by the study.

Carolyn Nichols, an editor at Bantam, took issue with the notion that romance fiction is escapist.

—Charles Trueheart

Despite the proliferation of all means of communications, from magazines to computers, books remain our chief medium for the full expression of ideas, and for taking issue with those of others.

—Robert R. Harris

Examples of take issue in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Australian regulator is taking issue with what's shared in group chats of up to 200 people and channels with unlimited reach. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

In the 1990s, the Vikings defensive linemen took issue with all the grabbing. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Some economists have taken issue with the entire validity of debt-to-GDP as a viable measure of economic health. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 July 2026

The Center or Biological Diversity and its partners also take issue with how the land deal was made. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1623, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for take issue

• reissue