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All go against synonyms

go aΒ·gainst
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verb go against

  • fight β€” a battle or combat.
  • challenge β€” A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
  • fight β€” a battle or combat.
  • prevent β€” to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
  • thwart β€” to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
  • halt β€” to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
  • neutralize β€” to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
  • rectify β€” to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
  • resist β€” to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
  • redress β€” the setting right of what is wrong: redress of abuses.
  • counterbalance β€” To counterbalance something means to balance or correct it with something that has an equal but opposite effect.
  • offset β€” something that counterbalances, counteracts, or compensates for something else; compensating equivalent.
  • negate β€” to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • correct β€” If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
  • cancel out β€” If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
  • cope β€” If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully.
  • accost β€” If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
  • meet β€” greatest lower bound
  • risk β€” exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance: It's not worth the risk.
  • confront β€” If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
  • challenge β€” A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
  • take β€” to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • allow β€” If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
  • suffer β€” to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
  • deal with β€” When you deal with something or someone that needs attention, you give your attention to them, and often solve a problem or make a decision concerning them.
  • run into β€” to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • grapple β€” to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
  • compete β€” If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it.
  • wrestle β€” to engage in wrestling.
  • hinder β€” to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
  • invalidate β€” to render invalid; discredit.
  • countervail β€” to act or act against with equal power or force
  • contravene β€” To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
  • fix β€” to repair; mend.
  • buck β€” A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
  • cross β€” If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
  • frustrate β€” to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • cancel β€” If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
  • foil β€” to cover or back with foil.
  • right β€” in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • oppose β€” to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • negative β€” expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • defeat β€” If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
  • check β€” Check is also a noun.
  • annul β€” If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
  • countercheck β€” a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
  • obstruct β€” to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
  • withstand β€” to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
  • counteract β€” To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
  • contest β€” A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
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