disagree with

disagree with (someone or something)

1. To have a different opinion, view, etc. than someone or something. I'm sorry, but I just have to disagree with you on that point. I think the opposite is true. Our administration vehemently disagrees with the judge about this issue, and we intend to appeal as soon as possible.
2. To dispute, be opposed to, or have a differing opinion about something. I understand what you mean, but I disagree with your interpretation of what happened. I don't see how you can disagree with the report—facts are facts!
3. To have a negative physical effect on someone. The food at that restaurant always seems to disagree with me.
See also: disagree
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

disagree with someone

[for food or drink] to upset someone's stomach. Milk always disagrees with me. Onions disagree with my husband, so he never eats them.
See also: disagree
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • disagree with (someone or something)
  • disagree with (one) on (something)
  • reassign
  • reassign to
  • reassign to (something)
  • differ with (someone) about (something)
  • lend (someone) (one's) ear
  • differ with (someone) on (something)
  • I beg to disagree
  • differ about (something)
References in periodicals archive
Three out of five of Filipino adults surveyed also disagree with giving cash rewards to cops for every drug suspect they kill.
Respondents 18-19 are also most likely to strongly disagree with the statement that coverage was excellent (32.4%).
Out of 27,6% of the respondents who disagree with the statement, only 3,8% disagree at all.
That may depend as much on whether they agree or disagree with the issue as it does with how disrespectfully and crudely they were treated while they toiled with an issue that is clearly one so many people feel so passionately about.
Directions: Mark each situation with an "A" if you agree with the school counselor's action, or with a "D" if you disagree with the school counselor's action.
"The terrorists hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other," the president told us.
But 50 percent or more of these Catholics disagree with church teaching limiting ordination to unmarried men and prohibiting artificial birth control and in-vitro fertilization.
Third, Bergsten also seems to disagree with our support of the Federal Reserve's policy.
People may disagree with the success of the Millennium March, but it had a profound impact on my life.
MORE than two-thirds of the British public disagree with the law making metrication of shops and markets compulsory, according to a new survey.
Likewise, the percent of law and economics scholars who disagree with the proposition that "on balance, unions have increased productivity in many industries" is almost identical to the rate among labor economists (64 percent vs.
In the face of injustice, we are not simply called to disagree with it, but to stop it.
There are plenty of other things to criticize or disagree with in Bryant's book - far more than can be set out in a review of this type.
"I have followed my interpretation of the 'facts' to where I think they should lead me, knowing that others may disagree with my conclusions and recommendations.
Cheney has framed the issue so that there is really no way to disagree with her and still be "living in truth" (as she titles her final chapter), much less be granted equal intellectual respect.