| 词组 | come up against |
| 释义 | come up against 1. come up against sth/sb not passive to be faced with a problem, or a difficult situation or person, and have to find a way of dealing with them: ▪ Women in the police force often complain that they come up against a lot of prejudice. ▪ Thompson described his commander as one of the cruellest men he'd ever come up against. 2. come up against sb not passive to have to compete against a person or team that is very good and hard to defeat, especially in a sports competition: ▪ The team were doing well at first, but then they came up against last year's World Champions. |
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