reason against



reason against something

to argue against something, using reason. I can hardly be expected to reason against a silly argument like that! I reasoned against it, but they paid no attention to me.
See also: reason

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mattiasmah-TEE-ahs (German)German, Swedish
BrantBRANTEnglish
Gil (1)HEEL (Spanish), ZHEEL (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese
Eladio-Spanish
Arianaar-ee-AN-ə, ar-ee-AHN-əEnglish (Modern)
Dipti-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada