"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
  • Indeed, at times he seems to be able to defy gravity.
  • Of course, some new issues continue to defy gravity after day one.
  • "I thought for a while the stock market had found a way to defy gravity forever."
  • When she let go the glass remained there, defying gravity.
  • And the strong dollar that helped make it all possible continues to defy gravity.
  • The brief effort to defy gravity seemed to have exhausted them.
  • In their very survival, the broken buildings seem to defy gravity.
  • They once formed themselves into a large sphere that could defy gravity.
  • Refusing to be tied down to one place or person is also a way of defying gravity.
  • However, a number of these formation are very uncommon and some seem to defy gravity.
2. defy death = igraj ze śmiercią defy death
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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