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"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 • ...
colocaciones frecuentes
Kolokacji: 14
1. defy orders = zignoruj polecenia defy orders
defy one's orders, defy one's order, defy order
2. defy gravity = przeciwstaw się grawitacji defy gravity
defy Gravity
3. defy death = igraj ze śmiercią defy death
4. defy logic = bądź sprzecznym z logiką defy logic
5. defy expectations = przecz oczekiwaniom defy expectations
defy expectation
6. defy the laws = przeciwstaw się prawom defy the laws
defy laws, defy law
7. defy description = bądź nie do opisania defy description
8. defy authority = przeciwstaw się władzy defy authority
defy one's authority, defy authorities
9. defy convention = łam konwenanse defy convention
defy conventions
10. defy explanation = zignoruj wyjaśnienie defy explanation
defy explanations
11. defy predictions = przecz przewidywaniom defy predictions
defy prediction
12. defy categorization = oprzyj się kategoryzacji defy categorization
13. defy the odds = pokonać przeciwności losu, odnieść sukces pomimo przeciwności defy the odds
defy odds
  • Here are the stories of three women who have defied the odds.
  • But they may not be able to continue defying the odds.
  • "He wants you to believe he's that one in a million who defies the odds and the science."
  • Yet here you are, with me still, defying the odds by existing.
  • More air attacks followed, but U-230 continued to defy the odds.
  • It was something that defied the odds but might indeed have happened on its own, without any wish at all.
  • In February 1999, she was given only six weeks to live, but defied the odds and is still alive more than 17 years later.
  • By the time her second son was 3, she decided to defy the odds and enroll in college.
  • "We've defied the odds before and we can do it again," he said.
  • If the paper is to defy the odds, the various parties involved will clearly have to avoid conflict.
14. defy sense = zignoruj sens defy sense
collocations grouped by meanings
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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