"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
1. defy gravity = przeciwstaw się grawitacji defy gravity
2. defy death = igraj ze śmiercią defy death
  • What he was made no sense, except to others who chose to defy death as a way of life.
  • Yet still he could hurl casual insults and defy death.
  • She is the only deity who defies both death and time.
  • You try to defy death all the time when you've had a Catholic upbringing, because it's just so awful.
  • "Aren't you curious to know how those gruesome men defied death?"
  • They may also defy death by participating in dangerous activities, such as driving a car very fast.
  • There's a strong desire to live on the edge, to defy death.
  • There was an old woman who defied death for years.
  • I've done a lot of things that defied death.
  • As their talks continue, it becomes increasingly evident that the doctor has an obsession with defying death through all available means.
3. defy physics = przeciwstaw się fizyce defy physics
4. defy translation = bądź wbrew tłumaczeniu defy translation
5. defy boundaries = igraj z granicami defy boundaries
(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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