Preposition
(idiomatic) Facing; challenging, or opposing.
If you try to change the school schedule like that, you'll be up against legions of angry parents.
In contact with, abutting.
If the tree grows up against the garden wall then either the tree will be crowded and stunted or the wall will be pushed out.
Aaron Nettles matching up against Utah Valley’s defense on Saturday night at the Redhawk Center. Source: Internet
About another two-dozen visitors holding Biden-Harris signs lined up against a rail bordering the rally. Source: Internet
Add this to his already incredible fighting skills and Venom makes Bane one of the most dangerous villains to go up against. Source: Internet
Aeneas tells Dido about the fall of Troy, by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin After a brief but fierce storm sent up against the group at Juno 's request, Aeneas and his fleet made landfall at Carthage after six years of wanderings. Source: Internet
All businesses push up against their regulatory boundaries – their shareholders tend to hire new chief executives if they don’t – and the gambling industry, inevitably, cut loose. Source: Internet
According to Thomas, a true artist is one who "without a thought for self, stands up against the stones of condemnation, and speaks for those who are given no real voice in the halls of justice, or the halls of government. Source: Internet