"up against it" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"But we are up against it, so what's the decision?\" \"It seems a most questionable step,\" said Summerlee, argumentative to the last, \"but if you are all going, I hardly see how I can remain behind.\" \"Then it is settled,\" said Lord John, and turning to the chief he nodded and slapped his rifle.",
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          "ref": "2015 June 9, “Women’s World Cup 2015: England beaten by France in Group F opener”, in The Guardian (London):",
          "text": "Yet as intelligently as Rafferty, back at left-back following her recovery from a third ruptured cruciate ligament, was defending against the dangerous Élodie Thomis her side were up against it.",
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        "In a very difficult position."
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        "(idiomatic) In a very difficult position."
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          "word": "up against the wall"
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          "text": "\"But we are up against it, so what's the decision?\" \"It seems a most questionable step,\" said Summerlee, argumentative to the last, \"but if you are all going, I hardly see how I can remain behind.\" \"Then it is settled,\" said Lord John, and turning to the chief he nodded and slapped his rifle.",
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        "In a very difficult position."
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        "(idiomatic) In a very difficult position."
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