"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 • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 16
(1) order, law, ban, precedent
Kolokacji: 4
  • We must watch over each other and not defy orders.
  • "What about the example you gave them earlier in the evening by defying my orders?"
  • Robinson defied the state's order to close her school and continued operations.
  • He also promised to jail anyone who defied his order, including the Governor.
  • The company successfully defied a judge's order to produce the figures.
  • But it would also defy natural order in New York.
  • He defied orders for more than a year to withdraw, and lost 300,000 troops.
  • The police say Gonzalez defied orders to put the gun down.
  • Anyone who defies my order will die by my hand.
  • It also claimed there was no evidence to support the official account that he had defied orders.
2. defy the laws = przeciwstaw się prawom defy the laws
3. defy the ban = bądź wbrew zakazowi defy the ban
4. defy precedent = zignoruj precedens defy precedent
(3) logic, sense
Kolokacji: 2
(10) odds, wish
Kolokacji: 2
(11) attempt, effort, pressure
Kolokacji: 3
(12) threat, warning
Kolokacji: 2
(13) father, fate, skeptic
Kolokacji: 3
(14) demand, call, identification
Kolokacji: 3
(15) time, history, age
Kolokacji: 3
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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