lash against

lash against

1. To beat, flail, or strike violently or wildly against someone or something. The waves lashed against the side of our boat during the storm.
2. To swing, whip, or flail something against someone or something. In this usage a noun or pronoun is used between "lash" and "against." The wind kept lashing the branches of the tree against my window.
See also: lash
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

lash against something

[for something, such as wind or water] to beat or whip heavily against something. The angry waves lashed against the hull of the boat, frightening the people huddled inside. The wind lashed against the house and kept us awake all night.
See also: lash
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • 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)
  • hit against
  • hit against (someone or something)
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There is the start of a back- lash against digital celebrity influencers in the region.
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But that was before he understood that the word was first uttered in the context of an appalling trade in human beings and that it continued to be wielded like a lash against his ancestors for generations after slavery ended in this country.
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Substitute Bradley Johnson fired in an inch-perfect left-wing cross for the Argentinian striker to lash against the far post and into the back of the net.
Answer, page 99 Notorious World Cup goalkeeper incidents 1 German arch-villain Harald Schumacher almost decapitated France's Patrick Batiston in the 1982 semi-final with his murderous lunge 2 Paraguay's Jose Luis Chilavert became the first keeper to take a direct free kick when he had a lash against Bulgaria in 1998.
solace to the sting of the lash against the skin." The impact of spirituals being shared by these singers--most of who had been born into slavery--cannot be overemphasized.
Buoyant Kristian O'Leary goes into Swansea's powder keg League Two promotion collision with Mansfield at the Vetch Field tonight warning Swans followers, 'Nothing will be won until May.' Port Talbot-born O'Leary, the PFA Fans' Divisional Player of the Month, is a Swansea City pillar - almost as constant as the waves that lash against the rugged Mumbles coastline.
An investigation led by a group of fed-up art publishers has resulted in a groundbreaking lash against counterfeiting in China.
(Greenwich, CT), carried the LASH against a simulated terrorist camp, where camouflaged small shelters were successfully detected, though they were invisible to the naked eye.
He told the audience the back lash against his remarks was really a backlash against the findings of the royal commission.
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