against someone or something
- against someone or something
*against someone or something
1. in opposition to someone or something; in competition with someone or something. (*Typically:
be \against someone or something
; run \against someone or something
; stand \against someone or something.) •
I am against everything you stand for.
•
She ran against me in the election.
2. to the disadvantage of someone or something; in opposition to someone or something. (*Typically:
be \against someone or something
; go \against someone or something
; run \against someone or something
; turn \against someone or something.) •
When did the trial go against us?
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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