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Meaning of up against the wall | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Trapped, cornered; discommoded, discomfited; in a quandary.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Suomi seinää vasten
Français au pied du mur
Polski pod ścianą

Examples

“The IRS had me up against the wall.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

up and about up and down up and running up bubble up for sale up for the downstroke

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