单词 | up against |
释义 | up againstSEE SYNONYMS FOR up against ON THESAURUS.COM Contending or confronted with, as in I'm up against a strong opponent in this election. This idiom is also put as up against it, which means “in serious difficulty, especially in desperate financial straits.” For example, When the collection agency called again, we knew we were up against it. [Late 1800s] Words nearby up againstunzipped, UO, U. of S. Afr., up, up a creek, up against, upalong, up-anchor, up and about, up and at 'em, up-and-comer 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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