Idiom
fly in the face of
Meaning
To act in a manner highly contrary to; to counteract or contradict.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Your new plan flies in the face of our company rules.”
“The scientist published data that flies in the face of what everyone previously believed about the disease.”
“His decision to ignore the safety warnings flies in the face of all established protocols, putting the entire project at unnecessary risk.”
Examples
simple
“Your new plan flies in the face of our company rules.”
contextual
“The scientist published data that flies in the face of what everyone previously believed about the disease.”
complex
“His decision to ignore the safety warnings flies in the face of all established protocols, putting the entire project at unnecessary risk.”
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