What does 'met every objection' mean?

[joham]

Which of the following sentences is the closest in meaning to 'Cook met every objection with sound arguments'?1. With sound arguments Cook dealt with every objection.2. Cook met with (or: experienced) every objection that had sound arguments.or anything else?

 

[MikeNewYork]

It means that Cook answered every objection/countered every objection with logical/persuasive arguments.

 

[emsr2d2]

I can see the ambiguity that you spotted. You need to use logic to work out whether it means:

What did Cook meet?
He met "objections which had sound arguments".

or

What did Cook use when he met objections?
He used "sound arguments against" every objection [that/which] he met.

The word usage is important. If the first meaning had been intended, it probably would have said "Cook met many objections, all of which had sound arguments".

 

[MikeNewYork]

I don't think it is likely that the verb "met" would be used for the first meaning.

 

[Barb_D]

Yes, we don't "meet" words or phrases or objections in American English. But I see it used enough ("I met this phrase") that I've gathered it's used elsewhere. But that meaning didn't cross my mind for this sentence.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

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[Tdol]

I don't think it is likely that the verb "met" would be used for the first meaning.

Neither do I, especially with every​ in there- how would the person know that they had come across every objection?.