Meaning of push up against | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To generate pressure on (someone or something); to challenge.
   transitive
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, up against.

Examples

“Beyond delivering services, Bobby brought his revolutionary nationalist theory to the job and used the opportunity to push⟳ up against the ideological bias in the government program⟳.”

“If there’s a bar for the features and performance that make⟳ a flagship phone, well, flagshippy, then the midrange Samsung Galaxy A54 5G pushes right up against it. When this $449 device is sitting on a table next to the $999 Galaxy S23 Plus, I can barely tell⟳ the two apart until I’m close⟳ enough to pick⟳ them up.”

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