"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
(3) logic, sense
Kolokacji: 2
2. defy belief = przecz wierze defy belief
  • Some of what these men fomented looks so foolish as to defy belief.
  • And what he was able to do with cloud-eels defied belief.
  • In those years, he had seen Chiun do things that defied belief.
  • Given the circumstances I thought our 4-1 win was absolutely outstanding and almost defied belief.
  • How he managed to get that helicopter so close defies belief.
  • It simply defies belief that they could learn to rock so hard in such a brief amount of time".
  • The call for still one more highway defies belief.
  • This simply defies belief, given the importance of the debate.
  • And then something happened that defied belief, even for Pierce.
  • It defies belief that an attorney general would allow so many top officials to be fired without being well aware of the reasons.
3. defy wisdom = przecz mądrości defy wisdom
4. defy credulity = przeciwstaw się łatwowierności defy credulity
(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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