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issue noun a problem. Often used in a mocking way, borrowing from the lexicon of self-improvement and popular psychotherapy. Most often heard in the plural US, 1999
idiomissueforce the issueto make it necessary for someone to make a decision or take action, instead of allowing the situation to develop naturally:There was a growing feeling that campus security was lax, and an attack on a first-year student forced the issue. We're hoping that Carter will play in the game on Sunday, but we don't want to force the issue if he's not healthy yet.fudge the issueto talk about something in a way that is not exact, especially in order to avoid making a decision or dealing with a difficult situation:If the Prime Minister thinks he will be able to fudge this issue he's wrong - the people of Greece want an answer.When a grandparent dies, some parents fudge the issue by telling their children that Grandma or Grandpa has gone away.take issue with sb/sthto disagree with someone about something, and say why you think they are wrong:I would like to take issue with you on that subject - you talk as though life was perfect fifty years ago but we all know it wasn't.Martin takes issue with the stories the newspapers have been writing about her. "I don't know where they get these things. Most of them are complete lies!" phraseissue[issued, issued, issuing]
issue forth 1. issue forth literary to come out of a place: I looked in horror as blood issued forth from the man's chest.2. issue from sth literary to come out of a place: Black smoke issued from the factory chimneys. Pop music was issuing from behind Sheila's door.
issue n. problem. (In colloquial use, issue has virtually replaced the word problem. It is even heard in a few idioms such as Do you have an issue with that?) I had an issue with my car this morning. It wouldn’t start. You are late again! Do you have an issue with our office hours? - at issue
- cloud the issue
- confuse the issue
- cut to the pith (of something)
- dead issue
- force the issue
- fudge the issue
- get to the heart of (something)
- issue
- issue (forth) from (some thing or place)
- issue (something) as (something)
- issue (something) to (one)
- issue a call for
- issue a call for (something)
- issue as
- issue from
- issue from some place
- issue to
- issue with
- issue with (something)
- join issue
- join issue with (someone or something)
- make a point of
- make an issue (out) of (something)
- make an issue of
- make an issue of/out of something
- side issue
- take issue
- take issue with
- take issue with (someone or something)
- take issue with somebody
- the root of the issue
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