take exception to

take exception to (something)

To strongly disagree with or take offense at something. Excuse me, but I take exception to being characterized as some sort of opportunist, just because I happened to make some good investments before the economy collapsed. I know she takes exception to the way the newspaper represented the data from her study.

take exception to

Disagree with, object to, as in I take exception to that remark about unfair practices. This idiom, first recorded in 1542, uses exception in the sense of "objection," a meaning obsolete except in a few phrases.

词组	take exception to
释义	take exception to take exception to (something) To strongly disagree with or take offense at something. Excuse me, but I take exception to being characterized as some sort of opportunist, just because I happened to make some good investments before the economy collapsed. I know she takes exception to the way the newspaper represented the data from her study. See also: exception, take Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. take exception to Disagree with, object to, as in I take exception to that remark about unfair practices. This idiom, first recorded in 1542, uses exception in the sense of "objection," a meaning obsolete except in a few phrases. See also: exception, take The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: take exception to (something) take exception to something take exception take issue with take issue with (someone or something) take issue with somebody fight about fight about (someone or something) take issue join issue with (someone or something)
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