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runs up against

runs up against is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run up against.

Meaning of run up against

Verb

run up against (third-person singular simple present runs up against, present participle running up against, simple past ran up against, past participle run up against)

  1. (transitive) To begin to encounter problems with (someone or something).
    • The latest model has run up against the limits of its technical capacity.

Questions about runs up against

What is runs up against the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs up against is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run up against.

Words near runs up against in the dictionary

  1. runs to ground
  2. runs to the ground
  3. runs to the hills
  4. runs to waste
  5. runs up
  6. runs up against
  7. runs up in
  8. runs up in it
  9. runs up on
  10. runs wild
  11. runs with

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