up against the wall in English

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{
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "up against the wall (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
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        {
          "text": "The IRS had me up against the wall."
        }
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        "Trapped, cornered; discommoded, discomfited; in a quandary."
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          "discomfited",
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        {
          "word": "go to the wall"
        },
        {
          "word": "have one's back to the wall"
        },
        {
          "word": "snookered"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "up against it"
        }
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "seinää vasten"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "au pied du mur"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "in die Ecke"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "raw_tags": [
            "with the verb stawać or stanąć"
          ],
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "usually"
          ],
          "word": "pod ścianą"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "note": "note: this is a verb phrase",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "köşeye sıkışmak"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "up against the wall"
}

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{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "up against the wall (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "go to the wall"
    },
    {
      "word": "have one's back to the wall"
    },
    {
      "word": "snookered"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "English uncomparable adjectives",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The IRS had me up against the wall."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Trapped, cornered; discommoded, discomfited; in a quandary."
      ],
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        [
          "Trapped",
          "trapped"
        ],
        [
          "cornered",
          "cornered"
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        [
          "discommoded",
          "discommoded"
        ],
        [
          "discomfited",
          "discomfited"
        ],
        [
          "quandary",
          "quandary"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "up against it"
        }
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "seinää vasten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "au pied du mur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "in die Ecke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "raw_tags": [
        "with the verb stawać or stanąć"
      ],
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "pod ścianą"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "note": "note: this is a verb phrase",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "köşeye sıkışmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "up against the wall"
}

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"up against the wall" meaning in English

Adjective