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Up against

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  1. 1
    Facing; challenging, or opposing. idiomatic

    "If you try to change the school schedule like that, you'll be up against legions of angry parents."

  2. 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."

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