бросать вызов(fly in the face of (also US fly in the teeth of) : to fail completely to agree with (something) : to oppose or contradict (something) directly His explanation flies in the face of the evidence. [=his explanation is not supported at all by the evidence] a theory that flies in the face of logic [=a theory that is not logical at all] a policy that flies in the face of reason [=a policy that is extremely unreasonable]. MWALD Alexander Demidov)