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| bit the bullet(expression, take, meet, oppose) | |
| break the law | |
| buck the odds(expression, set, speculate, bet) | |
| call in question(expression, attack, fight, resist) | |
| care naught for | |
| come out against(expression, rise, resist, overthrow) | |
| come up against(verb, expression, meet, oppose) | |
| consider beneath one(verb, expression, reject, disregard) | |
| cross swords with(expression, oppose, fight, resist) | |
| cut the cards(expression, set, speculate, bet) | |
| defy danger(verb, expression, expose, courage) | |
| do battle with(expression, oppose, fight, resist) | |
| do something about it(expression, provoke, challenge) | |
| do violence to | |
| expose to danger(expression, expose, endanger, compromise) | |
| face the music(expression, get, dispute, provoke) | |
| flip the coin(expression, set, speculate, bet) | |
| gage of battle | |
| get out of line(expression, rise, resist, overthrow) | |
| go eyeball to eyeball with(verb, expression, oppose, fight) |
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