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go against
verb
- to be contrary to (principles or beliefs)
- to be unfavourable to (a person)
the case went against him
Idioms and Phrases
Oppose, be in conflict with, as in Does this legislation go against their best interest? [c. 1600] Also see against the grain .Example Sentences
This goes against TikTok rules, where paid political advertising is banned.
Tuesday's ruling goes against a report last October from the court's Advocate General at the time, Anthony Collins.
“You could see that he was going against one of the game’s best in deGrom, and he obviously matched him pitch for pitch.”
Kerry added the way the chancellor is treating salons, which overwhelmingly employ women, "totally goes against the objectives of the government" in growing the economy and supporting workers.
As a lady preacher, she was a curiosity; as one who welcomed all races, she went against the cultural norms.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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