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MrPernickety Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of "clinch an argument"
Hi,
When you say "I clinched the argument", do you mean that you settled the argument in your favor? Or you just stopped it from raging any further, regardless of which side won ?
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When you say "I clinched the argument", do you mean that you settled the argument in your favor? Or you just stopped it from raging any further, regardless of which side won ?
Thanks !
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Usually a baseball term, To clinch means that no matter how many future games the team loses, they will still finish in first place. I would say that clinching an argument means that you've argued to a point where you can no longer lose the argument. Settled it in your favor.
- Usually a baseball term, To clinch means that no matter how many future games the team loses, they will still finish in first place.
- I would say that clinching an argument means that you've argued to a point where you can no longer lose the argument.
- Settled it in your favor.
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Usually a baseball term, To clinch means that no matter how many future games the team loses, they will still finish in first place.
I would say that clinching an argument means that you've argued to a point where you can no longer lose the argument. Settled it in your favor.
I would say that clinching an argument means that you've argued to a point where you can no longer lose the argument. Settled it in your favor.
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In mathematics an argument( ie a system of proof) is "clinched" when a keyi ssue is resolved rigorously making the proof "water tight"
Example:
The Greeks understood the concept of limit intuativley but were unable to clinch the argument.
Example:
The Greeks understood the concept of limit intuativley but were unable to clinch the argument.
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