"defy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defy verbo

defy + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 61

defy orders • defy gravity • defy death • defy logic • defy expectations • defy the laws • defy description • defy authority • ...

verbo + defy

Kolokacji: 6

seem to defy • continue to defy • dare defy • continue defying • mean defying • ...

defy + preposición

Kolokacji: 8

defy in • defy on • defy with • defy by • defy from • ...

Kolokacji: 5

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

(1) in, on, with, by, from, ...

Kolokacji: 8

1. defy in = przeciwstawiać się w defy in

2. defy on = przeciwstawiać się na defy on

3. defy with = przeciwstawiać się z defy with

4. defy from = przeciwstawiać się z defy from

5. defy by = przeciwstawiać się przez defy by

6. defy for = przeciwstawiać się dla defy for

7. defy to = przeciwstawiać się aby defy to

8. defy at = przeciwstawiać się przy defy at

I couldn't wait to grow up, defying Pop at every opportunity.
Many are morphologically difficult to separate with some defying separation at present.
And she was glad for a chance to defy him at last.
We will defy the enemy at the place of his most fierce destruction.
She refused to listen to reason and defied him at every turn.
Norma becomes a key union activist who defies management at great personal risk.
Gina wasn't helping matters by defying his orders at every turn.
But it is anyone's guess what will happen next, in a year that has seemed to defy conventional wisdom at almost every turn.
Suicide was the only word that defied any attempt at euphemism.
Around him moved figures of dark aspect, things that defied the eye's attempts at definition.

defy + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 9

openly defy • repeatedly defied • successfully defy • simply defy • consistently defied • ...

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