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Meaning of up against | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Facing; challenging, or opposing.
    idiomatic
  2. In contact with, abutting.

Equivalents

Español a / contra qué / quién enfrentarse

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

up for up till up to up to, to the point of, as much as up until uplong

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