"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
  • You could, of course, defy convention and make all your early turns to the right.
  • She doesn't have the strength it would take to defy convention.
  • This is a film, it can be safely said, that defies convention.
  • She must hate me for defying convention the way I did.
  • Or simply defy convention to become one happy family?
  • It is difficult to tell because the dollar has had a habit, recently, of defying conventions.
  • So give me a man who defies convention when necessary: he's more likely to win the battle.
  • But every year, a small band of buyers insists on defying convention.
  • But Bennett's career has defied convention at all the major crossroads, and so, it soon did again.
  • His success rate defies the odds because he has defied convention.
2. defy tradition = oprzyj się tradycji defy tradition
3. defy custom = przecz zwyczajowi defy custom
(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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