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Verb: go against
  1. Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
    "This sentence goes against the rules of syntax";
    - violate, break
     
  2. Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
    "go against all laws of humanity";
    - transgress, offend, infract, violate, breach, break
     
  3. Resist
    "go against the trend";
    - buck

Derived forms: going against, gone against, goes against, went against

Type of: disrespect, oppose, react

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Gnosticism
GNP
gnu
gnu goat
GNVQ
go
go a long way
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go across
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go ahead
go all out
go along
go around
go away
go back
go back on
go bad
go ballistic
go bananas