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Phrase(s): disagree (with someone) (about someone or something) [and] disagree (with someone) (on someone or something)
to hold views about someone or something that are opposed to someone else’s views. • I take it you disagree with me about Tom. • Don’t disagree about Tom with me. • I disagree about this with almost everyone. • I disagree with you.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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disagree/not agree
to have a different opinion from someone else about something:
• Scholars disagree about the meaning of the poem. • I don’t agree with a word of what she says.
be divided/split
if a group of people is divided or split on something, some of them have one opinion and others have a completely different opinion:
• The party is divided on this issue.
differ
if two or more people differ about something, they have different opinions from each other about it:
• The two men differed on how to handle the crisis.
not see eye to eye
used to say that two people have different opinions and ideas so that it is difficult for them to be friends or work together:
• Some of the teachers don’t see eye to eye with the principal of the school.
be mistaken
used to say that you disagree with someone’s opinion and that you think they are wrong:
• People are mistaken if they think that this problem will go away on its own.
take issue with somebody/something
formal to express strong disagreement with an idea or with what someone has said or done:
• A number of people took issue with the mayor’s decision.
dissent
formal to say publicly that you disagree with an official opinion or one that most people accept:
• Two members of the jury dissented from the majority verdict.
Longman-Thesaurus
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disagree with sb
If a type of food disagrees with you, it makes you feel slightly ill or uncomfortable
• Spicy food disagrees with me.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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verb ADV. profoundly, sharply, strongly, vehemently The only time we sharply disagreed was over the children's education. | completely, entirely, totally I disagree totally with this policy. | fundamentally VERB + DISAGREE be difficult to, be hard to, can/could hardly When I pointed out that it had been her idea in the first place, she could hardly disagree. PREP. about Jack and Robert disagree about everything. | on We disagree on this matter. | over Ministers disagree over the scale of the changes. | with I disagree strongly with this idea. It is difficult to disagree with the chairman on this point.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb
differ:
I must disagree with your position.
Simple Definitions