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Calling into question   /kˈɔlɪŋ ɪntˈu kwˈɛstʃən/   Listen
Calling into question

noun
1.
A challenge to defend what someone has said.  Synonym: demand for explanation.






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"Calling into question" Quotes from Famous Books



... was raising an army to destroy the town. No quarter would be given, and unless they defended themselves like men they would all be made slaves. Their spirit being roused, he armed them with the shield of unbelief, 'calling into question the truth of the Word.' He gave them a helmet of hope—'hope of doing well at last, whatever lives they might lead'; for a breastplate a heart as hard as iron, 'most necessary for all that hated Shaddai;' and another piece of most excellent armour, 'a drunken and prayerless spirit that scorned ...
— Bunyan • James Anthony Froude



Words linked to "Calling into question" :   demand for explanation, challenge



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