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go against
verb
1 go against
Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns.
synonyms: break, violate.
Roget 179:
counteract;
run counter,
clash,
cross;
interfere with,
conflict with;
contravene;
jostle;
go against,
run against,
beat against,
militate against;
stultify;
antagonize,
block,
oppose
etc.
708;
traverse;
withstand
etc.
(resist)
719;
hinder
etc.
706;
repress
etc.
(restrain)
751;
react
etc.
(recoil)
277.
undo,
neutralize;
counterpoise
etc.
(compensate)
30;
overpoise†.
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Roget 708:
oppose,
counteract,
run counter to;
withstand
etc.
(resist)
719;
control
etc.
(restrain)
751;
hinder
etc.
706;
antagonize,
oppugn,
fly in the face of,
go dead against,
kick against,
fall afoul of,
run afoul of;
set against,
pit against;
face,
confront,
cope with;
make a stand,
make a dead set against;
set oneself against,
set one's face against;
protest against,
vote against,
raise one's voice against;
disfavor,
turn one's back upon;
set at naught,
slap in the face,
slam the door in one's face.
be at cross purposes;
play at cross purposes;
counterwork†,
countermine;
thwart,
overthwart†;
work against,
undermine.
stem,
breast,
encounter;
stem the tide,
breast the tide,
stem the current,
stem the flood;
buffet the waves;
beat up against,
make head against;
grapple with;
kick against the pricks
etc.
(resist)
719;
contend
etc.
720;
do battle with
etc.
(warfare)
722,
do battle against.
contradict,
contravene;
belie;
go against,
run against,
beat against,
militate against;
come in conflict with.
emulate
etc.
(compete)
720;
rival,
spoil one's trade.
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2 go against
Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.
synonyms: breach, break, infract, offend, transgress, violate.
Dutch: misdoen, schenden, verbreken
3 go against
Moby thesaurus: antagonize, be antipathetic, be at cross-purposes, be inimical, beat against, clash, collide, conflict, conflict with, confute, contradict, contrapose, contravene, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterpose, countervail, counterwork, cross, go counter to, interfere with, join the opposition, lock horns, meet head-on, militate against, not abide, oppose, oppugn, play at cross-purposes, protest, resist, run against, run counter to, swim upstream, take issue with, traverse, vote against, withstand, work against ... show more.
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