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What does 'at issue' mean? Is it an idiom?



 
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What does 'at issue' mean? Is it an idiom? #1 (permalink) Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:25 am   What does 'at issue' mean? Is it an idiom?
 

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ESL/EFL Test #63 "Issues", question 4

I wish we could stick to the subject and just consider the topic ......... issue.

(a) on
(b) by
(c) at
(d) in

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ESL/EFL Test #63 "Issues", answer 4

I wish we could stick to the subject and just consider the topic at issue.

Correct answer: (c) at
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What does 'at issue' mean? Is it an idiom? #2 (permalink) Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:58 am   What does 'at issue' mean? Is it an idiom?
 

Nope.
"At issue" is similar to "in question".
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