in the teeth of en · ADP
Meanings
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in spite of; in direct opposition to
Having crossed the Caribbean in the teeth of contrary winds, it was not until the early days of April that the French fleet hove in sight of Cartagena [...]
1922, Rafael Sabatini, Captain Blood, Chapter XXVII:
Translations (6)
ru против (agree or correspond; to be in harmony) · ru вопреки́ (agree or correspond; to be in harmony) · arz بالرغم من (agree or correspond; to be in harmony) · ru напереко́р (agree or correspond; to be in harmony) · ar عَلَى اَلرُّغْم مِن (agree or correspond; to be in harmony) · it in barba a (agree or correspond; to be in harmony)