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up to no good(expression, bad, misconduct, misbehave)
1
be at fault
1
be bad
1
be dissolute
1
be guilty
1
be immoral
1
be indecorous
1
be mischievous
1
be out of line
1
be out of order
1
be reprehensible
1
bend the law
1
break with(expression, rise, resist, overthrow, dissent)
1
carry on
1
censure(rise, resist, overthrow, dissent, defy)
1
combat(rise, resist, overthrow, dissent, defy)
1
come out against(expression, idiom, rise, resist, overthrow)
1
criticize(rise, resist, overthrow, dissent, defy)
1
cut up
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defy(verb, disturb, rise, resist, overthrow)
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