take exception to

verb take exception to

• beefing — the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
• call on — If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
• complain — to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.