| Definition of 'go against' |
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1. (verb) violate, go against, break
fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
"This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
2. (verb) transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
"offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
3. (verb) buck, go against
resist
"buck the trend"
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1. (verb) go against
to be opposed to
political ideas that go against everything I believe in
2. go against
(of a court decision) to not be in favor of
The court's decision went against the computer giant.
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Sense: to oppose or refuse to act on
A child should never go against his parents' wishes.
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Afrikaans: teëgaan |
Arabic: يُعارِض |
Bulgarian: противопоставям се |
Brazilian: contrariar |
Czech: stavět se proti, vzdorova |
German: widerstreben |
Danish: gå imod |
Greek: αντιτάσσομαι σε |
Spanish: ir en contra de, oponerse |
Estonian: vastu hakkama |
Farsi: بر خلاف چیزی عمل کردن |
Finnish: vastustaa |
French: allerà l'encontre de |
Hebrew: להתייצב נגד |
Hindi: प्रतिकूल होना |
Croatian: protiviti se |
Hungarian: ellenkezik |
Indonesian: menentang |
Icelandic: vera andstæður, stríða ge |
Italian: andare contro |
Japanese: ~に逆らう |
Korean: 반대하다 |
Lithuanian: prieštarauti |
Latvian: rīkoties pretēji |
Malay: menentang |
Dutch: ingaan tegen |
Norwegian: gå imot |
Polish: sprzeciwić się |
Persian: بر خلاف چیزی عمل کردن |
Pashto: بر خلاف عمل کول |
Portuguese: contrariar |
Romanian: a seîmpotrivi |
Russian: возражать |
Slovak: ísť proti |
Slovenian: upirati se |
Serbian: ići protiv |
Swedish: gå emot |
Thai: ต่อต้าน |
Turkish: karşı gelmek, aksini yapm |
Taiwanese: 反對 |
Ukrainian: суперечити |
Urdu: مخالفت کرنا |
Vietnamese: làm trái ý muốn (của ai) |
Chinese: 反对 |
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