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
&Aelig;Lfsige-Anglo-Saxon
Witold-Polish, German
FarrellFAHR-əlEnglish
Gul-Urdu, Pashto
Reimund-German
Carles-Catalan