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go up against

verb

Definitions

  1. To challenge someone.

    • May 27, 2007, Jamie Doward, The Observer.Jail head rejects shared cells plan. The Director-General of the Prison Service is ready to go up against ministers by resisting any government plan to force more prisoners to share cells.

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No curated loop yet for go up against. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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