"up against" meaning in English

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      "word": "go up against"
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      "word": "hit up against"
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      "word": "rub up against"
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      "word": "run up against"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stand up against"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "up against it"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "up against the wall"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
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          "text": "If you try to change the school schedule like that, you'll be up against legions of angry parents.",
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        "Facing; challenging, or opposing."
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          "challenging",
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          "opposing",
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        "(idiomatic) Facing; challenging, or opposing."
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        {
          "text": "If the tree grows up against the garden wall then either the tree will be crowded and stunted or the wall will be pushed out.",
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        "In contact with, abutting."
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        [
          "abutting",
          "abut"
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  "word": "up against"
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    {
      "word": "be up against"
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    {
      "word": "go up against"
    },
    {
      "word": "hit up against"
    },
    {
      "word": "rub up against"
    },
    {
      "word": "run up against"
    },
    {
      "word": "stand up against"
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      "word": "up against the wall"
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      ],
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        "Facing; challenging, or opposing."
      ],
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          "challenging",
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        ],
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          "opposing",
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        "(idiomatic) Facing; challenging, or opposing."
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        "In contact with, abutting."
      ],
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          "contact",
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