301 entries under expression topic. ×
| ask for(get, dispute, provoke, demand) | |
| ask for trouble(idiom, provoke, challenge) | |
| back talk(order, disregard, command, opposition) | |
| be a man | |
| be proof against | |
| bear up against | |
| bid to combat | |
| big talk(order, disregard, command, opposition) | |
| bit the bullet(idiom, take, meet, oppose) | |
| break rules(verb, disregard, ignore, snub) | |
| break the law | |
| break with(rise, resist, overthrow, dissent) | |
| buck the odds(idiom, set, speculate, bet) | |
| buckle down(support, force, maintain, oppose) | |
| call for(get, dispute, provoke, demand) | |
| call in question(idiom, attack, fight, resist) | |
| care naught for | |
| carry on(support, force, maintain, oppose) | |
| cast lots(verb, set, speculate, bet) | |
| casus belli(noun, insult, stimulus, affront) |
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