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Phrase(s): counter someone or something with something
to refute someone or something with something. • She countered our evidence with an eyewitness. • I countered Nancy with a better argument., Phrase(s): counter with something
to say something in refutation of something; to strike back with something. • Aren’t you going to counter with an argument? • He countered with a punch in the jaw.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs