Usually means: Directly oppose or contradict something.
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  1. fly in the face of: Merriam-Webster
  2. fly in the face of: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fly in the face of: Collins English Dictionary
  4. fly in the face of: Vocabulary.com
  5. fly in the face of: Wiktionary
  6. fly in the face of: Dictionary.com
  7. fly in the face of: Rhymezone
  8. fly in the face of: FreeDictionary.org
  9. fly in the face of: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. fly in the face of: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. fly in the face of: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (fly in the face of)

verb:  (idiomatic) To act in a manner highly contrary to; to counteract or contradict.

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