knock up against (someone or something)
knock up against (someone or something)
To bump into or jostle against someone or something. Whenever the train lurched to the side, the man next to me would knock up against me. As the tide came in, debris from the accident knocked up against the boats anchored in the harbor.
See also: knock, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get up against
- get up against (someone or something)
- clash
- clash against
- clash against (someone or something)
- against
- against (someone or something)
- fortify (someone or something) against (something) with (something)
- avenge (oneself) against (someone or something)
- build a case against (someone or something)