| gen. |
challenge; affront; defy; set at defiance; outdare; outface; enter the lists; fly in the face; throw down a gage; set the at defiance (кому-либо); brave; pose a challenge (Игорь Primo); dare; fly upon to fly in the face of (кому-либо); fly in the face of (fly in the face of (also US fly in the teeth of) : to fail completely to agree with (something) : to oppose or contradict (something) directly His explanation flies in the face of the evidence. [=his explanation is not supported at all by the evidence] a theory that flies in the face of logic [=a theory that is not logical at all] a policy that flies in the face of reason [=a policy that is extremely unreasonable]. MWALD Alexander Demidov); beard; fly in the face of; bid defiance to; throw in (в борьбе, боксе); question authority (власти, авторитетам и т.д. george serebryakov); throw down a challenge (Ремедиос_П); bid defiance to (кому-либо) |
