"run up against" meaning in All languages combined

See run up against on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: runs up against [present, singular, third-person], running up against [participle, present], ran up against [past], run up against [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> up against}} run up against (third-person singular simple present runs up against, present participle running up against, simple past ran up against, past participle run up against)
  1. (transitive) To begin to encounter problems with (someone or something). Tags: transitive Translations (to encounter problems): auf etwas stoßen (German)

Inflected forms

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