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in the teeth of

  1. In opposition to or defiance of, as in She stuck to her position in the teeth of criticism by the board members . [Late 1700s] Also see fly in the face of .

  2. Facing danger or threats, as in The tribe was in the teeth of starvation . [Early 1800s]

  3. Straight into, confronting, as in The ship was headed in the teeth of the gale . [Late 1200s]



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"What took place on the South Downs was done in the teeth of warnings by social workers and the courts," he said, "and at a time when the defendants knew that their other children - four of them - had been removed from their care".

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It was only later, after the pandemic receded into our collective rear-view mirror, that I recognized another, underlying reason I talked money so much in the teeth of my frustration and fear.

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And yet, against all odds and in the teeth of a Merseyside blizzard, United showed all the qualities Amorim claimed they had been missing to deliver the finest performance of his short reign to earn a 2-2 draw.

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One rural corner of Kent is rapidly becoming a test case for how determined the government is to force through planning decisions in the teeth of local opposition.

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Labour's then-leader John Smith was trying to bring in controversial changes to switch to one-member-one vote for selecting parliamentary candidates, in the teeth of strong opposition from many trade unions who saw it as a dilution of their power.

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