"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

Yet he defied an order earlier this month from a Naples judge to undergo a blood test.
Justice was being delivered to a man who defied that gift from the Almighty to the people of Iraq.
Some of them had even been ready to defy any possible attack from space.
Argentina defied efforts to prevent the transfer of German funds there from Europe.
Japan's central bank raised interest rates for the first time in a decade, defying strong pressure from government officials to keep borrowing costs close to zero.
But were not these the very stones that defied the Mogul invaders from the north?
Cities are emptying as people defy orders from the governing Taliban and try to flee.
He did not move furtively, but with a purpose that defied intervention from any quarter.
The result defied skepticism, inspiring an almost devotional response from the audience.
That was the gamble Lee had made when he defied the big man from the future.

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

defy + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 9

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

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