go against
to be contrary to (principles or beliefs)
to be unfavourable to (a person): the case went against him
Words Nearby go against
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How to use go against in a sentence
Diane and Alicia keep make decisions either without him or that directly go against his wishes.
The Good Wife’s Secret Weapon: Matt Czuchry on Cary Agos’s Terrible, Horrible Year | Kevin Fallon | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Everyone has a task to do, which is to go against the American state,” al Douri proclaimed.
Saddam’s Former Deputy, the Red Skull of Baghdad, Still at Large in Iraq and Allied With ISIS | Jacob Siegel, Christopher Dickey | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It does go against a large body of research about violent video games,” Taylor told The Daily Beast.
Playing Violent Video Games Makes You a Better Person, Study Says | Kevin Zawacki | July 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGovernment should be run according to sharia, Marwa told me, not by letting people pass laws that go against Islam.
An American in Cairo to Work on His Graphic Novel Tries to Understand the Story of the Revolution | Michael Ide | November 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI cannot and I will not retract anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience.
The Invention of the Ego in Martin Luther’s Defiance | Thomas Cahill | November 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But I will plough one more field this week; though, I know not why it is, my thoughts go against it even now.
Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson"I'm ready to go against nearly anything, right now," MacRae frankly owned.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairIf we go against 'em now, it'll be all same goin' blindfolded into a barn t' pick out the best hoss.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThen he said to them that remained: Let us arise, and go against our enemies, if we may be able to fight against them.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe Turke goes on mightily in the Emperor's dominions, and the Princes cannot agree among themselves how to go against him.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel Pepys
Other Idioms and Phrases with go against
Oppose, be in conflict with, as in Does this legislation go against their best interest? [c. 1600] Also see against the grain.
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