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GO AGAINST
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resist
Example:
buck the trend
Synonyms:
buck; go against
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "go against" is one way to...):
oppose; react (act against or in opposition to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
Example:
break a promise
Synonyms:
breach; break; go against; infract; offend; transgress; violate
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "go against" is one way to...):
disrespect (show a lack of respect for)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go against"):
sin; transgress; trespass (commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law)
blunder; boob; drop the ball; goof; sin (commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake)
conflict; contravene; infringe; run afoul (go against, as of rules and laws)
trespass (break the law)
intrude; trespass (enter unlawfully on someone's property)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
Example:
This sentence violates the rules of syntax
Synonyms:
break; go against; violate
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go against"):
fly in the face of; fly in the teeth of (go against)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
