go against
To violate; to breach; to breakTo violate; to breach; to break.
» He made me go against my will.
Он заставил меня пойти против моей воли.
Meaning
4 sensesTo violate; to breach; to break.
What he did goes against the rules.
This sentence goes against English grammar.
To be unfavourable to someone.
What she said in court today went against them.
The court's decision went against them.
To be contrary to a trend, feeling or principle.
This goes against my instincts.
To oppose; to resist.
He dared not go against the King.
resist
Examples
74 sentencesHe made me go against my will.
ruОн заставил меня пойти против моей воли. — Lenin_1917
Tom made me go against my will.
ruТом заставил меня пойти против моей воли. — corvard
You can't go against the laws of nature.
ruПротив законов природы не пойдёшь. — marafon
Is Tom going to testify against Mary?
Don't go against your father.
Не йди проти свого батька. — deniko
Translations
1 languagesForms
goes against, going against, went against, gone against| Base form | go against · to go against |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | goes against |
| Present participle | going against |
| Past simple | went against |
| Past participle | gone against |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- go upпіднятися, підніматисяTo move upwards.
- go offслужити, обслуговуватиTo explode.
- go outвийти, виходитиTo leave, especially a building.
- go onпродовжувати, продовжитиTo continue in extent.
- go downспуститися, спускатисяTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
- go backповертатисяTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
- go overперевірити, перевірятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.
- go awayвід'їхати, від'їжджатиTo depart or leave a place.
More 8
- go afterстежити, слідкуватиTo pursue in attempt to catch another.
- go forсподіватися, надіятисяUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
- go throughзрозуміти, розумітиTo travel from one end of something to the other.
- go aboutнаблизитися, наближатисяTo busy oneself with.
- go withу /в мене, матиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, with.
- go byвикористовувати, використатиTo pass or go past without much interaction.
- go aheadTo proceed with; to begin.
- go roundTo physically swirl or rotate.
Synonyms
7 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle