"hit up against" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits up against",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting up against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit up against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit up against",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> up against"
      },
      "expansion": "hit up against (third-person singular simple present hits up against, present participle hitting up against, simple past and past participle hit up against)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (against)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, up against."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_up_against-en-verb-ricVlsin",
      "links": [
        [
          "hit",
          "hit#English"
        ],
        [
          "up against",
          "up against#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (against)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our economic growth model will eventually hit up against hard ecological constraints.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "It's only a matter of time until their deluded sense of entitlement hits up against reality.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 September 11, Ray Fisman, “Don't Ban Big Gulps”, in Slate, archived from the original on 2023-06-06",
          "text": "Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to ban the sale of 32-ounce sodas has hit up against some serious negative public opinion of late.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 December 19, Tiernan Ray, “Apple: Time to Bail, Stock Up Against Historically High Multiples, Says Instinet”, in Barron's, archived from the original on 2022-11-27",
          "text": "Moreover, the multiple on the stock now is hitting up against historical highs for previous cycles, observes Kvaal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 July 11, Myra Butterworth, “Rental hotspots revealed: The regional cities and London areas where rents are shooting up in an 'urban revival'”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2023-08-10",
          "text": "'But, even in the less price sensitive prime market, rising rents will hit up against an affordability ceiling in the coming months and that will begin to constrain rental growth.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To encounter barriers, problems or resistance due to (someone or something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_up_against-en-verb-sZkZnwGL",
      "links": [
        [
          "encounter",
          "encounter"
        ],
        [
          "barrier",
          "barrier"
        ],
        [
          "problems",
          "problems"
        ],
        [
          "resistance",
          "resistance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive with prepositional object, figuratively) To encounter barriers, problems or resistance due to (someone or something)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with prepositional object"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "run up against"
        },
        {
          "word": "run into"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit up against"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (against)",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits up against",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting up against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit up against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit up against",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> up against"
      },
      "expansion": "hit up against (third-person singular simple present hits up against, present participle hitting up against, simple past and past participle hit up against)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, up against."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hit",
          "hit#English"
        ],
        [
          "up against",
          "up against#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our economic growth model will eventually hit up against hard ecological constraints.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "It's only a matter of time until their deluded sense of entitlement hits up against reality.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 September 11, Ray Fisman, “Don't Ban Big Gulps”, in Slate, archived from the original on 2023-06-06",
          "text": "Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to ban the sale of 32-ounce sodas has hit up against some serious negative public opinion of late.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 December 19, Tiernan Ray, “Apple: Time to Bail, Stock Up Against Historically High Multiples, Says Instinet”, in Barron's, archived from the original on 2022-11-27",
          "text": "Moreover, the multiple on the stock now is hitting up against historical highs for previous cycles, observes Kvaal.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 July 11, Myra Butterworth, “Rental hotspots revealed: The regional cities and London areas where rents are shooting up in an 'urban revival'”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2023-08-10",
          "text": "'But, even in the less price sensitive prime market, rising rents will hit up against an affordability ceiling in the coming months and that will begin to constrain rental growth.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To encounter barriers, problems or resistance due to (someone or something)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "encounter",
          "encounter"
        ],
        [
          "barrier",
          "barrier"
        ],
        [
          "problems",
          "problems"
        ],
        [
          "resistance",
          "resistance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive with prepositional object, figuratively) To encounter barriers, problems or resistance due to (someone or something)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with prepositional object"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "run up against"
        },
        {
          "word": "run into"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit up against"
}