- DEFY
- Challenge
- Go against
- Rise up against
- Meet head-on
- Stand up to
- Fail to follow
- Confound
- Resist boldly
- Flout
- Fly in the face of
- Resist, as authority
- Flout, as authority
- Resist openly
- Challenge, as authority
- Resist
- Swim upstream, in a sense
- Thumb one's nose at
- Boldly oppose
- Go up against
- Throw down the gauntlet
- Rebel against
- Buck
- Refuse to obey
- Oppose boldly
- Don't obey
- Beard
- Brave
- Disobey
- Throw down the glove.
- Foil.
- Show fight
- Face
- Chip-on-the-shoulder word
- Oppose openly
- Stare down, say
- Go against, as someone's will
- Boldly resist
- Openly challenge
- Oppose
- Resist, as orders
- Really resist
- Go against, as a treaty
- Oppose authority
- Buck, as odds
- Put up resistance to
- Go against the wishes of
- Challenge openly
- Go against, as expectations
- Resist, like gravity
- Go against, as gravity
- Challenge the system
- Resist with boldness
- Stand up against
- Bravely resist
- Openly resist
- Openly oppose
