"in the teeth of" meaning in All languages combined

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Preposition [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} in the teeth of, {{en-prep}} in the teeth of
  1. in spite of; in direct opposition to Translations (agree or correspond; to be in harmony): عَلَى اَلرُّغْم مِن (ʕalā r-ruḡm min) (Arabic), بالرغم من (ber-raḡm men) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), in barba a (Italian), против (protiv) (alt: ветра (vetra)) (Russian), напереко́р (naperekór) (Russian), вопреки́ (voprekí) (Russian)

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