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up against

up against preposition: facing; challenging, or opposing.

Preposition

up against

  1. (idiomatic) Facing; challenging, or opposing.
    • If you try to change the school schedule like that, you'll be up against legions of angry parents.
  2. In contact with, abutting.
    • If the tree grows up against the garden wall then either the tree will be crowded and stunted or the wall will be pushed out.

up against meaning in Kannada

up against in Kannada

ವಿರುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ, ಎದುರಾಗಿ

Words formed from up against

Questions about up against

What does up against mean?
Up against means facing; challenging, or opposing.
What is up against in Kannada?
Up against in Kannada is ವಿರುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ, ಎದುರಾಗಿ. See Up against meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is up against?
Up against is a preposition.

Words near up against in the dictionary

  1. up a height
  2. up a storm
  3. up a stump
  4. up a tree
  5. up above
  6. up against
  7. up against it
  8. up against the ropes
  9. up against the wall
  10. up and
  11. up and about

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Adapted from Wiktionary: up against (page history and authors); up against (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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