join+issue
11Issue — Is sue, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Issued} ([i^]sh [ u]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Issuing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place. [1913 Webster] From it issued forced drops of blood. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To go… …
12join the issue — phrasal or join issue 1. : to submit a legal issue jointly for decision 2. a. : to accept, fix on, or clearly define a particular issue as the basis of a controversy or other struggle the issue was clearly …
13issue — /ˈɪʃu / (say ishooh), /ˈɪʃju / (say ishyooh), /ˈɪsju / (say isyooh) noun 1. the act of sending, or promulgation; delivery; emission. 2. that which is issued. 3. a quantity issued at one time: the latest issue of a periodical. 4. Bibliography the… …
14join — v 1.Usu. join together link, couple, splice, unite, tie, bind, yoke; connect, bridge, span; fix, fasten, attach; combine, mix, converge, coalesce, commingle; associate, consolidate, amalgamate, merge, conglomerate, unify. 2. glue, glue together,… …
15issue — issueless, adj. issuer, n. /ish ooh/ or, esp. Brit., /is yooh/, n., v., issued, issuing. n. 1. the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims. 2. something that is printed or… …
16issue — is•sue [[t]ˈɪʃ u[/t]] esp. brit. [[t]ˈɪs yu[/t]] n. v. sued, su•ing 1) the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution 2) a series of things or one of a series of things that is printed, published, or distributed at one time:… …
17issue — [13] The words issue and exit are closely related etymologically. Both go back ultimately to the Latin verb exīre ‘go out’. Its past participle exitus became in Vulgar Latin exūtus, whose feminine form exūta was used as a noun meaning ‘going out …
18issue — [13] The words issue and exit are closely related etymologically. Both go back ultimately to the Latin verb exīre ‘go out’. Its past participle exitus became in Vulgar Latin exūtus, whose feminine form exūta was used as a noun meaning ‘going out …
19join battle — Synonyms and related words: antagonize, battle, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, close with, combat, compete with, contend against, contest, do battle, engage, engage in battle, fight, fight against …
20join battle — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. engage with, fight against, open combat, join issue; see attack 1 , 2 , fight 2 …