Raise an issue

How it is used

Used in meetings, emails, and reviews when someone wants to draw attention to a problem or concern. Often followed by with, about, or during.

Example sentences

1. Several team leads raised an issue about response times after the new ticketing system went live last month.

   Here, the phrase shows that they formally brought a concern forward for discussion, not that they solved it immediately.

2. Please raise any issue with the draft contract before Friday, because legal needs time to review revisions.

   In this sentence, the term means reporting concerns early enough for another team to examine and address them.

Common collocations

• raise an issue with someone
• raise an issue about
• serious issue

Related terms

• go overTo look at or discuss something carefully, point by point, in order to check it, explain it or understand it.
• action itemA specific task agreed in a meeting, with one person responsible for it and usually a due date.

More terms: Meetings

• agenda
• minutes
• wrap up
• recap
• one-on-one
• attendee
• chair
• kick-off meeting
• sync
• consensus
• take it offline
• feedback