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argue down en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see argue, down.
  2. (transitive) To haggle with (a person) to reach a lower price.
    • I argued him down to twenty dollars.
  3. To campaign against a proposition or vote.
  4. To win an argument, verbal conflict or debate.
    • His wife argued him down from his trip to Vegas.

Forms

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argues down Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
argued down Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
argued down Tense=Past lexicographic
arguing down Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic