phrasal verb · neutral
go against
UK/ɡəʊ əˈɡeɪnst/US/ɡoʊ əˈɡeɪnst/go a·GAINST
to be opposed to or in conflict with something
Examples
“His decision to leave goes against company policy.”
“This evidence seems to go against the theory.”
“Voting for that bill would go against my principles.”
Band 8 sentence
“Adopting that approach would go against the empirical evidence and could undermine the study's validity.”
Collocations
- go against the rules / public opinion / evidence
- run/go against one's interests
Word family
Common mistakes
This decision go against our rules.→This decision goes against our rules.
The result is against the theory.→The result goes against the theory.
Say it for a higher band
5oppose→6contradict→7+go against
Synonyms
contradict
oppose
Easily confused
contradict
“The witness's statement contradicts the defendant's account.”
oppose
“Many MPs opposed the proposal.”
go against
“What you're doing goes against the policy.”
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