het hoofd bieden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- defy verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.
Senses
het hoofd bieden is used for these senses in English:
- defy (transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
defy — full definition
- verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.
- verb To resist or fail to conform to something, as if impossible to overcome.
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