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argue the toss (British & Australian, informal) to disagree with a decision or statement. Are you prepared to argue the toss when you might have to go to court to prove it? See also: toss couldn't [act/argue/fight] your way out of a paper bag (humorous) if someone couldn't act, argue, fight etc. their way out of a paper bag, they act, argue, fight etc. very badly. It's no good asking Jim to protect you - he couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag. |
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Most scientists are tendentious arguers for their pet theories, the check and balance being that other scientists resist. ], cannot perceive the moral difference between the arguers and their arguments, she is at the same time of a razor-sharp lucidity that demands that a case made be thoroughly water-tight. Thus when external conditions disrupt the intellectual attention space, internal realignment takes place; and this in turn unleashes the creativity for formulating new positions and new tensions among the privileged arguers at the core of the network. |
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