Synonyms for fly in the face of
fly in the face of

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1. fly in the face of, fly in the teeth ofverb

   go against

   "This action flies in the face of the agreement"

   Synonyms:
   fly in the teeth of

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1. Anne Louise Germaine de Staël:

   A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it.

2. Joe Stork:

   Iraq can't win the fight against ISIS's atrocities with attacks on civilians that violate the laws of war and fly in the face of human decency, militia abuses are wreaking havoc among some of Iraq's most vulnerable people and exacerbating sectarian hostilities.

3. Jason Boyd:

   These out-of-the-blue type orders leave vulnerable children and their attorneys without adequate time to take the steps necessary to prepare and submit, to optimally prepare and submit applications for relief, in that respect, these orders fly in the face of fundamental fairness.

4. Thomas Jackson:

   Maybe because they fly in the face of how we see the world.