be up against it
informalto be having or likely to have serious problems or difficulties:
With seven members of the team missing, Hull are going to be up against it.
Many families are up against it, unable to afford even basic items.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Experiencing difficulties
- be
- be (caught) between a rock and a hard place idiom
- be climbing the walls idiom
- be for the high jump idiom
- be/come up against a brick wall idiom
- creek
- embattled
- fall into sth
- flounder
- frying pan
- fumble
- leg
- out of the frying pan into the fire idiom
- patch
- pickle
- pressed
- pushed
- ride
- rocky road idiom
- thin
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