run up against in English

Forms: runs up against [present, singular, third-person], running up against [participle, present], ran up against [past], run up against [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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)

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs up against",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "running up against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran up against",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run up against",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The latest model has run up against the limits of its technical capacity."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin to encounter problems with (someone or something)."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_up_against-en-verb-U4GJbbJz",
      "links": [
        [
          "encounter",
          "encounter"
        ],
        [
          "problems",
          "problems"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To begin to encounter problems with (someone or something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to encounter problems",
          "word": "auf etwas stoßen"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "run up against"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs up against",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running up against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran up against",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run up against",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> up against"
      },
      "expansion": "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)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The latest model has run up against the limits of its technical capacity."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin to encounter problems with (someone or something)."
      ],
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        [
          "encounter",
          "encounter"
        ],
        [
          "problems",
          "problems"
        ]
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        "(transitive) To begin to encounter problems with (someone or something)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to encounter problems",
      "word": "auf etwas stoßen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run up against"
}

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"run up against" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms