Defy synonyms | phrases

Phrases with similar meaning for Defy

• throw down the gauntlet

  challenge
• set at naught
• refuse to obey

  disobey
• not heed
• not mind
• put up a fight

  resist
• hang tough

  challenge
• stick fast

  challenge
• make my day

  challenge
• not listen
• be confronted by
• make a stand
• remain firm
• invite competition
• casus belli
• throwing of the gauntlet
• put in jeopardy
• take a flyer
• take a plunge
• make bold
• be beyond

  foil
• meet head-on

  resist
• do wrong

  behave poorly
• show fight
• to hold
• fail to observe
• refuse to accept
• pooh-pooh
• be above
• consider beneath one
• double-cross
• run riot
• be remiss
• break rules
• rise in arms
• bit the bullet
• take the bull by the horns
• call in question
• not countenance
• take a stand
• take issue
• turn the tables
• exert oneself
• put up an argument
• spare no effort
• take pains
• die hard
• put up struggle
• stand fast
• stand firm