Go against and Support

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Go against verb - Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.

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Support is an antonym for go against in topics: fight, resist, come up against a situation, do opposing action.

Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Go against is an antonym for support.

The casualty list in the war against the Dominion gets so bad, that Sisko feels he has no choice but to go against his Federation principles to trick the Romulans with a fake offensive against them in order to get their support.

Source: Sliding Scale of Unavoidable vs. Unforgivable

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