All go against synonyms
go a·gainst
G g verb go against
- box — A box is a square or rectangular container with hard or stiff sides. Boxes often have lids.
- conflict — Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
- counterwork — work done in opposition to other work
- disaffirm — to deny; contradict.
- tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
- face up to — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- stand up to — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- take it — 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.
- take on — 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.
- make a stand — to take a position for defense or opposition
- square off — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- take the bull by the horns — the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- cross swords — to argue or fight
- lock horns — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- throw down the gauntlet — a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand.
- call out — If you call someone out, you order or request that they come to help, especially in an emergency.
- hang in — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.