defy

/dɪˈfaɪ/ verb

Translation

› [T] to refuse to obey someone or something

itaati reddetmek, karşı koymak, hiçe saymak

Some of these children openly defy their teachers.966

defy belief/description/explanation, etc › to be impossible to believe/describe/explain, etc

inanması/tarifi/tasviri/izahı güç olmak

His attitude defies belief.1757

defy sb to do sth › to tell someone to do something that you think will be impossible

meydan okumak, birine imkansız bir şeyi yapmasını söylemek

I defy you to prove that I'm wrong.1842

(Definition of defy verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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