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Princeton's WordNet

  1. violate, go against, breakverb

    fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

    "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"

  2. transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, breakverb

    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. buck, go againstverb

    resist

    "buck the trend"

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  1. go against

    To go against means to oppose, resist, or act in contradiction to someone or something, often by behaving or thinking in a way that is contrary to expectations, rules, or demands. It can also refer to taking action that conflicts with accepted values, standards, or established systems.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of go against in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of go against in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of go against in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    Somebody like Jeb, and others that are running against me -- and by the way Hillary is another one; I mean, Hillary is a person who doesn't have the strength or the stamina, in my opinion, to be president, we're dealing with very, very strong people. And you need strength and you need stamina.

  2. Mark Twain:

    There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.

  3. Steve Scalise:

    I haven't heard any Democrats speaking out against what Maxine has said, and it's time for Democrats to speak out when they see it on both sides, they only want to speak out on one side of the aisle, not on both, and that hypocrisy, I think, is starting to shine through.

  4. The Memphis Grizzlies:

    Most nights we're going to come away with a win playing that hard, we played against a very good team tonight, they played well. ... Lance (Stephenson) looked good. He adjusted really quickly. We kind of slimmed down the playbook a little book and just gave him three or four plays to remember and just let him play in space, he's good at that.

  5. Sigal Mandelker:

    This trip follows on the heels of additional intense pressure we have placed on Iran. In just the last week, we took action against nuclear scientists and agencies and other key personnel involved with the Iranian regime's past nuclear weapons entities, we are making them radioactive to the international community.


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