work against
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According to him, the APC National Chairman was brought in unopposed, therefore should ask what went wrong for people to work against him as he alleged.
Agents in espionage In espionage jargon, an "agent" is the person who does the spying; a citizen of one country who is recruited by a second country to spy on or work against his own country or a third country.
And having that one weakness can work against him.
Air conditioned buildings often have sealed windows, because open windows would work against the system intended to maintain constant indoor air conditions.
As the logic goes, if corporations work with NGOs, NGOs will not work against corporations.
“And if he got picked up again” on suspicion of being under the influence, “it could work against him” in court, Ahern added.