How to Use go against in a Sentence

go against

phrasal verb

• The guess here is Allen should be a go against the Colts.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2024
• Think about some of the atrocious calls and non-calls that went against them.
  — Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
• So that's a lot of people going against him off the bat.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
• The rebound in prices over the past five months has gone against many forecasts made at the start of the year, Ratiu said.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 25 July 2023
• And when anyone tries to speak out, the whole world somehow goes against them.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025
• Paired with Walker Kessler, good luck going against the Utah bigs.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
• The start of the game was similar to Wednesday, when the Kings got going against the Nuggets early.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2024
• Aigle goes against the grain each season to play up its outerwear roots.
  — Rhonda Richford, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
• Every midterm of the last 20 years has gone against the sitting president.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
• That's because going against the grain can isolate you.
  — Curt Steinhorst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
• That became a problem late in China’s 1-0 win over Haiti, when three late non-calls went against the Haitians.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2023
• While the team will have to get creative with paying their star back by not going against the cap, NewOrleans.
  — Kambui Bomani, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
• Doc Odd goes against protocol, though, and saves this schmo’s life a second time in one night.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
• That goes against the trend for birds of prey, broadly seen as a conservation bright spot.
  — Jon Hurdle, New York Times, 15 June 2023
• If Brown can’t go against his former team, the Ravens would attack backup Cody Ford.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 6 Nov. 2024
• At first, that went against the wish of Barney's close friend Dave Bing, Detroit's former mayor and, for a while, a co-guardian.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024
• Of course, this goes against the business imperative to grow.
  — Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2024
• Naomi Watts knows a thing or two about going against the grain in Hollywood.
  — Marnie Goodfriend, Flow Space, 9 July 2024
• Why would humans want to make decisions that go against this?
  — Earl Foster, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
• That they are affected at all, though, goes against what many women were told for years.
  — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
• Those who protest in the streets, who speak for human rights, go against the grain for the betterment of our country are the true patriots.
  — Melanie Laughman, The Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2024
• This ruling goes against more than 40 years of legal precedent.
  — Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 30 June 2023
• Women are strong, and sexiness does not have to go against power.
  — Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 13 Mar. 2025
• Democrats who go against labor priorities have been known to pay a price.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2024
• The dynamics of luxury resale can go against the grain.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 3 Mar. 2024
• The homeowner said that squatting rights goes against the American dream of owning a home.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Apr. 2024
• That’s a long way of saying: Don’t be surprised if this tandem goes against convention and sticks to their own draft board.
  — Zack Rosenblatt, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
• For starters, Niland couldn’t go against a direct order, so he was promptly sent back home.
  — Tomris Laffly, EW.com, 6 July 2024
• Rubio has said these views go against U.S. foreign policy.
  — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
• Asked about going against Butler, Herro smiled amid a cautious and seemingly cloaked response.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2025