25 entries under provoke topic. ×

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accost(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
affront(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
dare(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
defy(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
encounter(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
resist(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
tell off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, meet)
2
withstand(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
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beard(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
1
challenge(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
1
come up against(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, meet)
1
confront(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
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face down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet, oppose)
1
face up to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, meet)
1
face with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet, oppose)
1
flout(verb, meet, oppose, challenge)
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front(verb, meet, oppose, challenge)
1
go one-on-one(verb, expression, meet, oppose)
1
make my day(verb, expression, idiom, meet, oppose)
1
meet(verb, take, oppose, play, allow)
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