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push up against

verb

Definitions

  1. To generate pressure on (someone or something)

    To generate pressure on (someone or something); to challenge.

    • 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.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see push, up against.

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