go against

Questions about go against

What does go against mean?

go against means "fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for go against?

Close synonyms include violate, break, transgress, offend, infract. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is go against a common word?

go against is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.