an uphill fight

an uphill fight

A task that is very daunting from the outset and continues to be challenging. The incumbent is so popular that defeating her will be an uphill fight. I'm terrible at math, so I have a real uphill fight ahead of me if I want to improve my grade in Algebra.
See also: fight, uphill
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See also:
  • an uphill job
  • an uphill struggle/battle/task
  • an uphill battle
  • uphill battle
  • an uphill struggle
  • an uphill task
  • task
  • from the outset
  • outset
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