Debate
Debate verb - To give serious and careful thought to.
Take issue and debate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Take issue" instead a verb "Debate".
Take issue
Take issue verb - Be of different opinions.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Debate and Switch: The lead-up to the event has several characters take issue with the Illuminati keeping knowledge of the incursions to themselves and then deciding to murder billions of (equally worthy of life) people to save their own world.
Source: Comic Book / Secret Wars (2015)
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