against somebody’s wishes
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishagainst somebody’s wishesagainst somebody’s wishesDISOBEYif you do something against someone’s wishes, you do it even though you know they do not want you to She’d left school against her mother’s wishes.go against somebody’s wishes (=do something against their wishes) → wishExamples from the Corpusagainst somebody’s wishes• He became a dancer against the wishes of his family.