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brought up against

brought up against is the simple past and past participle of bring up against.

Meaning of bring up against

Verb

bring up against (third-person singular simple present brings up against, present participle bringing up against, simple past and past participle brought up against)

  1. (transitive) To cause someone to have to solve a problem or deal with an issue.

Questions about brought up against

What is brought up against the simple past and past participle of?
Brought up against is the simple past and past participle of bring up against.

Words near brought up against in the dictionary

  1. brought to the hammer
  2. brought to the table
  3. brought together
  4. brought under
  5. brought up
  6. brought up against
  7. brought up short
  8. brought up the rear
  9. brought up to
  10. brought up to a bitter
  11. brought upon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brought up against (page history and authors); bring up against (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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