The phrase "defeat the issue" is grammatically correct and it can be used in written English.
It means to overcome or resolve an issue or problem. Here's an example: "The company must come up with a plan to defeat the issue of declining sales."
Wherever it comes up, as it did in Massachusetts last year (it was defeated), the issue raises controversy and, for a while at least, forces public discussion of what we fear most: suffering, dependency and death.
He encouraged supporters of change to work up a cross-party bill, but told fellow opponents it would never come to a vote and that a plebiscite sometime in the future might be the answer to defeating the issue.
Although this proposal has been defeated, the issue of high salaries and a widening wage gap has not gone away.
One Conservative advisor explained in The Times that the "moderate" doctors must "defeat the militants" in this issue.
But he added that the "main issue" from Israel's point of view was the authority's "ability to properly deal with the security issue, defeat the terrorist organizations and assure that there will be no terrorism directed at Israel".
The SNP did not only believe in the argument put forward in the amendment, but we also viewed this as an opportunity to defeat the government on a key issue.
By the same token, Bob McDonnell, a conservative to his bones, took care in Virginia to campaign from the centre, and mainly on economic issues, to defeat the Democrats in last November's governor's race.Party veterans fret that a fixation on purity could hamper the Republicans' ability to conduct canny election-winning politics.
Mr Blair was defeated on the issue, but his successor has grounds for hope this time.
Britain will not take part in any action, however, as the government was defeated on the issue in Parliament.
Brown is said to be keen to compromise with the rebels rather than risk being defeated on the issue during a time of weakened political authority.
