transgress against (someone or something)
transgress against (someone or something)
To commit a serious offense that defies or violates someone or something. There are severe consequences for transgressing against other members of the community. He was excommunicated for transgressing against the principles of the church.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
transgress against someone or something
to make an offense against someone or something. (Stilted and formal.) I did not mean to transgress against you. We did not transgress against the rules of the college.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- transgress
- transgress against
- institute
- institute (something) against (someone or something)
- institute against
- commit
- commit (oneself or something) for (something)
- commit for
- commit oneself on
- commit (oneself) on (something)