DEVIL'S ADVOCATE


Meaning of DEVIL'S ADVOCATE in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Afterwards I continue to argue for rugby, feeling ever more like the devil's advocate .

He is not a negotiator or a devil's advocate .

Often the interviewer will need to play the devil's advocate , to put the other side's case forward.

Perhaps he should try to play the devil's advocate ?

Somehow you have to play devil's advocate against your presentation and try to knock it to pieces.

Well, he's entitled to play devil's advocate .

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.