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go against

verb

Oppose, be in conflict with, as in Does this legislation go against their best interest? [c. 1600] Also see against the grain .

Diane and Alicia keep make decisions either without him or that directly go against his wishes.

“Everyone has a task to do, which is to go against the American state,” al Douri proclaimed.

“It does go against a large body of research about violent video games,” Taylor told The Daily Beast.

Government should be run according to sharia, Marwa told me, not by letting people pass laws that go against Islam.

I cannot and I will not retract anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience.

But I will plough one more field this week; though, I know not why it is, my thoughts go against it even now.

"I'm ready to go against nearly anything, right now," MacRae frankly owned.

If we go against 'em now, it'll be all same goin' blindfolded into a barn t' pick out the best hoss.

Then he said to them that remained: Let us arise, and go against our enemies, if we may be able to fight against them.

The Turke goes on mightily in the Emperor's dominions, and the Princes cannot agree among themselves how to go against him.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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