argue into


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argue

verb
1. To put forth reasons for or against something, often excitedly:
contend, debate, dispute, moot.
2. To engage in a quarrel:
bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle.
Informal: hassle, tangle.
Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns.
3. To put into words positively and with conviction:
affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state.
Idiom: have it.
4. To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of:
attest, bespeak, betoken, indicate, mark, point to, testify, witness.
phrasal verb
argue into
To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way:
bring, bring around (or round), convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into.
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