We've found 5 phrases for go against (0.116 seconds):

go against the grain »    To defy convention; to do something in a manner that is unusual or out of the ordinary.

rock the boat »    To disturb the status quo or go against rules or conventions, as in an effort to get attention.

sell ice to Eskimos »    To persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.

that's the way life is »    That is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything [1], page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption [2], ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.

turn on »    To rebel; to go against something formerly supported.

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