argue into

Thesaurus

argue

verb

1. To put forth reasons for or against something, often excitedly:

contend, debate, dispute, moot.

2. To engage in a quarrel:

bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle.

Informal: hassle, tangle.

Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns.

3. To put into words positively and with conviction:

affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state.

Idiom: have it.

4. To give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of:

attest, bespeak, betoken, indicate, mark, point to, testify, witness.

phrasal verb
argue into

To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way:

bring, bring around (or round), convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into.

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