5 days ago · defy (third-person singular simple present defies, present participle defying, simple past and past participle defied) (transitive) To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition).

The group has continued to defy all efforts to stop them. The team defied the odds [=did something that was very unlikely] and won the championship. I defy you to prove that I lied.

DEFYING definition: 1. present participle of defy 2. to refuse to obey a person, decision, law, situation, etc.: 3. to…. Learn more.

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de•fy /dɪˈfaɪ/ v., -fied, -fy•ing. resist boldly or openly: They seemed to enjoy defying my authority. [ ~ + obj + to + verb] to challenge (a person) to do something thought of as impossible: I defy you to tell …

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