argue for something *

I had to argue for one last year at age 62.

We argued for hours, until at last I gave in.

We just went at each other, argued for a while.

He seems to be able to think and to argue for himself.

Not going to argue too hard for these last two.

He is, many of them argue, the force for the future.

They could argue for the rest of their days over whether it might have been enough.

Hadn't he already argued with himself for days about this single point?

And you won't find other officials arguing for a tax increase.

She felt like arguing a little longer for the point of it.