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went against

went against is the simple past of go against.

Meaning of go against

Verb

go against (third-person singular simple present goes against, present participle going against, simple past went against, past participle gone against)

  1. To violate; to breach; to break.
    • What he did goes against the rules.
  2. To be unfavourable to someone.
    • What she said in court today went against them.
  3. To be contrary to a trend, feeling or principle.
    • This goes against my instincts.
  4. To oppose; to resist.
    • He dared not go against the King.

Questions about went against

What is went against the simple past of?
Went against is the simple past of go against.

Words near went against in the dictionary

  1. went about one's business
  2. went about one's day
  3. went about to
  4. went abroad
  5. went after
  6. went against
  7. went against the grain
  8. went ahead
  9. went ahead with
  10. went all around the houses
  11. went all around the Wrekin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: went against (page history and authors); go against (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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