They don't know what to do when someone openly defies them.
In 1980 and 1984, neither could openly defy his country's stance.
Children in this school are openly defying their teachers, and there is nothing we can do about it because we're not allow to touch them.
This policy was sometimes openly defied by union locals, however.
For a moment, Worf thought he would openly defy him.
Local officials never openly defy the central Government, but neither do they necessarily obey.
I don't need a man who's going to openly defy me.
Students who openly defied the rules left voluntarily or were expelled.
Yet he had openly defied him and tried to thwart his destiny.
She faced him out, for the first time in her life openly defying him.