to argue over
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2.9
- phrasal verb
- /ˈɑrɡju ˈoʊvər/
- I reckon they argued over money.
- argue over the issue with officials
- still argue over
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Watch on YouTubeLike why are we arguing over like little things, you know?
- Like why are we arguing over like little things, you know?
- All this is doing is arguing over one single factor, a number.
- And, and I've seen the whole workshop more or less disabled by people arguing over swamp man cases.
- And so, and it's this book has been enormously influential that people still are arguing over today.
- We spend too much time arguing over things that don't matter because we have a mindset of scarcity.
- If you're a made guy and I'm a made guy and we're arguing over business issue and you're lying through your teeth, I can't call you a liar.
- Lawyers are going to be arguing over these clauses until we die, which, you know, for some of us may be pretty soon.
- You did something you and the things that get you hurt is you argue over the TV, what channel you want to watch.
- And one of the things I hate most in the world is arguing over what execution we should choose for something.
- But it's not so much the sleep, it's more that there are so many different opportunities in the day to argue over.
- Even when I argue with Biden people over this, they say, well, he has to say that, but saying that is what's called a false exculpatory statement.
Examples
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Yeah, you were arguing over what to watch.
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People have argued over the role and necessity of romance and relationships in contemporary women's fiction.
Academic text (2011) -
We used to argue over it.
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Yeah, we were arguing over what to watch.
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There were two guys arguing over a woman.
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In New York, the chief judge and the governor have been arguing over the size of the court budget.
Academic text (1991) -
The next day, the artists argued over the new sculpture.
Academic text (2007) -
We had been arguing over paint colors for the kitchen.
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We were just arguing over survival strategy.
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All day, we argue over who owns this land.
Synonyms
474
2.8
To discuss and argue about a topic in a formal way
119
7.5
Argue angrily with someone about something
97
4.6
Argue or claim that something is wrong, often in a formal process
35
2.6
To argue angrily with someone about small things
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7.0
To argue about small unimportant details to avoid the main point
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4.4
To argue loudly about small unimportant things
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6.9
Talk angrily to someone because of a disagreement
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6.8
Argue strongly with someone, often in public
2
2.8
Argue with someone and feel angry or upset afterward
To argue angrily, often for a long time or in public
Argue a little about something, like where to eat
To disagree angrily about small, unimportant things
Antonyms
How Heated
Surface Forms
Morphology
argue + over
The verb 'argue' (to have a verbal disagreement) combined with the preposition 'over' (in the sense 'about' or 'concerning') yields a directly compositional meaning: to dispute or disagree about a particular subject. This combination follows common English verb + preposition patterns and is cross-linguistically paralleled, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Argue over gives a simple picture: people argue while pointing at or standing above the thing they disagree about, and the word over shows what the argument is about. So it means 'to disagree about' a particular subject or thing.