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go against1Oppose or resist: he refused to go against the unions...- When he went against the king's orders and refused to slay a band of barbarian captives, he was promptly put under arrest.
- Her parents went against the hospital's advice and refused to have her admitted into a psychiatric facility.
- I won't go against my family, if they refuse to give their consent.
1.1Be contrary to (a feeling or principle): these tactics go against many of our instincts...- Surely it is going against accepted moral principles to recommend such a substitute for the usual methods of contraception?
- That is a problem for science, however, because religion is grounded in faith ‘without a need for supporting evidence’, which goes against the principles of scientific inquiry.
- I reserve the right to refuse readings that go against my ethics as a reader and my morals as a human being.
1.2(Of a decision or result) be unfavourable for: the tribunal’s decision went against them...- Although the United manager admitted Dunn was wrong to disallow Malcolm Christie's stoppage-time effort for Derby, he was more upset by the decisions that went against the champions.
- Residents, not just developers, should be allowed to appeal to the Deputy Prime Minister if decisions went against them, an Ilkley district councillor said this week.
- ‘It would be easy for me to look for decisions which went against us, which probably cost us in the end, but I am not in the business of blaming anyone other than myself,’ he said.
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