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DISAGREE WITH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disagree with mean?
• DISAGREE WITH (verb)
The verb DISAGREE WITH has 1 sense:
1. not be very easily digestible
Familiarity information: DISAGREE WITH used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not be very easily digestible
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
Spicy food disagrees with some people
Hypernyms (to "disagree with" is one way to...):
hurt (give trouble or pain to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Context examples
I do not think it could disagree with you.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Mr. Perry was an intelligent, gentlemanlike man, whose frequent visits were one of the comforts of Mr. Woodhouse's life; and upon being applied to, he could not but acknowledge (though it seemed rather against the bias of inclination) that wedding-cake might certainly disagree with many—perhaps with most people, unless taken moderately.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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