gesture of defiance

collocation in English

meaningsofgestureanddefiance

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gesture
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒes.tʃər/us
/ˈdʒes.tʃɚ/
a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an idea ...
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defiance
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈfaɪ.əns/us
/dɪˈfaɪ.əns/
behaviour in which you refuse to obey someone ...
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(Definition ofgestureanddefiancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgesture of defiance

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His progress was a calculatedgestureofdefiance, and his father was #!
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At one point, in a magnificentgestureofdefiance, the soloist played from an independent part at a different tempo from the orchestra.
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They get this done as a sort ofgestureofdefiance—and young girls are particularly prone to gestures of defiance.
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That was their first splendidgestureofdefiance.
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The net result of this is a show of bravado as agestureofdefianceto the world when faced with the facts of everyday living.
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It is a magnificentgestureofdefiance, of burning contempt...
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After thegestureofdefiance, the court recommended his defrocking, its decision being soon after confirmed by the synod.
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If anything it was agestureofdefiance, an unabashedly traditional country ballad that made no apologies.
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Instead, she bit off her tongue and spat it at his feet in agestureofdefiance.
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As agestureofdefianceand contempt, they set fire to the barracks.
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It was more agestureofdefiance.
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They both claimed to have concentrated mainly on music and to have ignored politics, but also to have conducted pieces in ways that were meant to be gestures of defiance.
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