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GNT
Gnu
gnu goat
GNV
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Go
go a long way
go a wool-gathering
go about
go across
go after
go ahead
go all out
go all the way
go along
go along with
go around
go around in circles
go astray
go at
go away
go back
go back on
go back over
go back to
go bad
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
v
1: fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax" [syn: violate, go against, break] [ant: conform to]
2: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe]
3: resist; "buck the trend" [syn: buck, go against]
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
1. If a person or their behaviour goes against your wishes, beliefs, or expectations, their behaviour is the opposite of what you want, believe in, or expect. Changes are being made here which go against my principles and I cannot agree with them. PHRASAL VERB: V P n 2. If a decision, vote, or result goes against you, you do not get the decision, vote, or result that you wanted. The prime minister will resign if the vote goes against him... PHRASAL VERB: V P n
Moby Thesaurus
antagonize, be antipathetic, be at cross-purposes, be inimical, beat against, clash, collide, conflict, conflict with, confute, contradict, contrapose, contravene, counter, counteract, counterattack, counterpose, countervail, counterwork, cross, go counter to, interfere with, join the opposition, lock horns, meet head-on, militate against, not abide, oppose, oppugn, play at cross-purposes, protest, resist, run against, run counter to, swim upstream, take issue with, traverse, vote against, withstand, work against
