"go up against" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: goes up against [present, singular, third-person], going up against [participle, present], went up against [past], gone up against [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> up against}} go up against (third-person singular simple present goes up against, present participle going up against, simple past went up against, past participle gone up against)
  1. To challenge someone.

Inflected forms

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "went up against",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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    }
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "May 27, 2007, Jamie Doward, The Observer.Jail head rejects shared cells plan.\nThe Director-General of the Prison Service is ready to go up against ministers by resisting any government plan to force more prisoners to share cells."
        }
      ],
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        "To challenge someone."
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      "links": [
        [
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    }
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  "word": "go up against"
}
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  "forms": [
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went up against",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone up against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> up against"
      },
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    }
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        {
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}

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