To treat or speak of with contempt.
1 He was made to flout it and go his own sheep-headed way.
2 We flout the businessman, but without him there would be no poets.
3 I will make thee yet a lady, whom none shall dare flout .
4 Why do you flout one who longs to show you his devotion?
5 Russia and China flout political borders, just look at Crimea and Hong Kong.
6 Saddam has chosen his moment to again flout international law with great care.
7 People began to flout the law and there was increasing pressure for reform.
8 Yet builders are allowed flout these laws with impunity every day.
9 Mr Andrews said he was worried people would flout the rules.
10 Can Brown flout the normal rules of politics and profit from a recession?
11 A wonderful recital; but none of us voyagers durst flout it.
12 But it was always possible that someone might flout this custom.
13 But the time had passed when the peers could flout an aroused nation.
14 Niagara, however, might flout them if it pleased; they could do without Niagara.
15 It might be dangerous to flout such a sign from heaven.
16 The editor, at any rate, did not sneer and flout him.
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