Idiom idiom
reason with
Meaning
To convince (someone) to do (or not do) something using rational arguments; to get (someone) to view something rationally.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“It is hard to reason with him when he is angry.”
“She tried to reason with her brother, explaining that spending all his savings on a car was a bad idea.”
“Despite her best efforts to reason with the board members, they remained committed to the original, flawed strategy regardless of the mounting evidence against it.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026