Usually means: Act contrary to prevailing winds.
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  1. fly in the teeth of: Merriam-Webster
  2. fly in the teeth of: Vocabulary.com
  3. fly in the teeth of: Dictionary.com
  4. fly in the teeth of: Rhymezone
  5. fly in the teeth of: FreeDictionary.org
  6. fly in the teeth of: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. fly in the teeth of: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. fly in the teeth of: Idioms

Definitions from WordNet (fly in the teeth of)

verb:  go against


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