Search Result for "fly in the teeth of":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. go against;
- Example: "This action flies in the face of the agreement"
[syn: fly in the face of, fly in the teeth of]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fly in the teeth of
    v 1: go against; "This action flies in the face of the
         agreement" [syn: fly in the face of, fly in the teeth
         of]