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1
to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of
- in those days a woman was brave if she defied fashion and wore white after Labor Day
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- brush (off),
- dismiss,
- flout,
- pooh-pooh
- (also pooh),
- reject,
- scoff (at),
- scorn,
- shrug off,
- wink (at)
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3
to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage
- a rescue team willing to defy the raging storm
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4
to refuse to give in to
- a bicyclist who regularly defies illness and infirmity in order to compete in races
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The first known use of defy was in the 14th century
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