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come up against
Idioms and Phrases
Encounter, especially an obstacle or problem. For example, I've never come up against anything I can't handle , or Dealing with Malcolm is like coming up against a brick wall .Example Sentences
It will be a tough task for Preston, particularly as Aston Villa are the first Premier League team they've come up against in the FA Cup this season, but the way the draw is shaping up their fans will be believing that something special could happen.
But now he has come up against the walls of the Kremlin and they may be harder to get through.
Osborne will come up against France's jet-heeled winger Louis Bielle-Biarrey, who already has five tries in this year's tournament.
But one of them could come up against Rangers in the semi-finals.
I had come up against situations where I put in an offer above asking and was rejected, so I knew that I had to probably find another way to eventually get accepted.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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