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run counter to

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run counter to something

to be in opposition to something; to run against something. (This has nothing to do with running.) Your proposal runs counter to what is required by the manager. His idea runs counter to good sense.

See also: counter, run

run counter to something

to be the opposite of something The article presents facts that run counter to what many of us believed had happened.

See also: counter, run

run counter to

Be in conflict with, oppose, as in Practice often runs counter to theory. This idiom, first recorded in 1843, uses counter in the sense of "in an opposite direction."

See also: counter, run