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run counter

run counter verb: to defy or oppose something, especially an expectation, custom, or social standard.

Verb

run counter (third-person singular simple present runs counter, present participle running counter, simple past ran counter, past participle run counter)

  1. To defy or oppose something, especially an expectation, custom, or social standard.

Synonyms of run counter

Forms of run counter

third-person singular presentruns counter
present participlerunning counter
pastran counter
past participlerun counter

Questions about run counter

What does run counter mean?
Run counter means to defy or oppose something, especially an expectation, custom, or social standard.
What part of speech is run counter?
Run counter is a verb.
What is the past tense of run counter?
The past tense of run counter is ran counter.

Words near run counter in the dictionary

  1. run by
  2. run chase
  3. run chases
  4. run circles around
  5. run circles round
  6. run counter
  7. run deep
  8. run down
  9. run down the clock
  10. run dry
  11. run errands

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