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Defy Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is FLOUT which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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97%5Exact Match!
verb

• treat with contemptuous disregard

• laugh at with contempt and derision

96%6Exact Match!
verb

• elude, especially in a baffling way

• stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

• express opposition through action or words

• withstand the force of something

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

• refuse to comply

95%4Exact Match!
noun

• a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy

verb

• take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission

• to be courageous enough to try or do something

• challenge

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