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He did the reverse of what I asked.

She said that her husband hit her, but in fact it was the other way around.

It's upside down.

The ship made slow progress against the strong wind.

They swam against the stream.

Let's try and swim against the current.

The converse is also true.

She got married against her father's will.

You can't go against the laws of nature.

The opposite is not always true.

He loves cars, while his brother hates them.

Don't go against the rules.

She went against her parents' wishes and married the foreigner.

Don't go against his wishes.

Mr. President, what you are doing is treason!

We sailed against the wind.

His remarks had the opposite effect.

We were rowing against the current.

Tom couldn't resist the temptation to kiss Mary.

His hair stood on end.

The rebels made a barricade across the road.

The rebel was ultimately captured and confined to prison.

The rebels took control of the capital.

He's a rebel.

No one noticed that the picture was hung upside down.

The picture is hung upside down.

After the accident, the car lay in the street upside down.

Everything is upside down.

Please say the alphabet backwards.

Mr. Legros can say the alphabet backwards.

Capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. Communism is the exact opposite.

Tanaka's teaching goes against the stream of history.

I told a lie against my will.

He skillfully turned the trouble to his advantage.

Face adversity with courage.

Despite adversity, the architect achieved worldwide fame.

He turned the bottle upside down and shook it, but still the honey wouldn't come out.

Paradoxically, he is right.

Sometimes a verb is derived from a noun and sometimes it is the other way around.

I hold the converse opinion.

He tried to swim against the tide.

In some countries, the punishment for treason can be life in prison.

He was exiled to an island for the crime of high treason.