"defy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

You could, of course, defy convention and make all your early turns to the right.
She doesn't have the strength it would take to defy convention.
This is a film, it can be safely said, that defies convention.
She must hate me for defying convention the way I did.
Or simply defy convention to become one happy family?
It is difficult to tell because the dollar has had a habit, recently, of defying conventions.
So give me a man who defies convention when necessary: he's more likely to win the battle.
But every year, a small band of buyers insists on defying convention.
But Bennett's career has defied convention at all the major crossroads, and so, it soon did again.
His success rate defies the odds because he has defied convention.

10. defy explanation = zignoruj wyjaśnienie defy explanation

11. defy predictions = przecz przewidywaniom defy predictions

12. defy categorization = oprzyj się kategoryzacji defy categorization

13. defy the odds = pokonać przeciwności losu, odnieść sukces pomimo przeciwności defy the odds

defy odds

14. defy sense = zignoruj sens defy sense

Grup znaczeniowych: 16

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 • ...

defy + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 9

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

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