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at issue

[at issue] {adj. phr.} 1. In dispute; to be settled by debate, by vote, by battle, or by some other contest. * /His good name was at issue in the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

take issue with

[take issue with] {v. phr.} To be openly against; speak against; disagree with. * /He thought his boss was wrong but was afraid to take issue with him on the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

G.I.

[G.I.] or ["government issue"] {n.} An American soldier. * /After the war many GI's were able to get a free education./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Mark Twain

(1835-1910) All religions issue Bibles against Satan, and say the most injurious things against him, but we never hear his side. www.sky-net-eye.com

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