go against
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Anything unexpectedly or especially moving, rousing, funny or strange, things that go against the grain of a production that wants to keep things controlled in order to bring the ship in on time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, another fan, said: “I think their audience really appreciated their willingness to go against the grain.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But she cannot free her own because it would go against custom, even though her grandfather "granted freedom to all the atas" when he was leader of the Protestant community in neighbouring Central Sumba.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
"I think partially maybe those gratitude letters were another mechanism of him saying, how can you go against me if you are thanking me all the time?"
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“People are probably just acting weird because they don’t want to go against Edie,” Fina says.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
