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- contact
- face
- find
- greet
- see
- accost
- collide
- confront
- cross
- encounter
- engage
- experience
- grapple
- hit
- light
- luck
- salute
- stumble
- tumble
- tussle
- brush against
- bump into
- chance on
- come across
- dig up
- fall in with
- get-together
- make a meet
- meet face to face
- rendezvous with
- rub eyeballs
- run across
- run into
- run up against
- touch shoulders
- bump
- tumble
- chance
- discover
- encounter
- find
- hit
- light
- luck
- meet
- blunder upon
- chance upon
- come across
- fall upon
- light upon
- run across
- stub toe on
- turn up
- appreciate
- feel
- savor
- encounter
- know
- perceive
- undergo
- be exposed to
- have knowledge of
- meet with
- partake of
- run up against
On this page you’ll find 118 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to come up against, such as: accost, defy, encounter, meet, oppose, and repel.
- avoid
- evade
- let go
- lose
- shun
- cancel
- dodge
- miss
- avoid
- fail
- lose
- miss
- pass by
- overlook
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How to use come up against in a sentence
Seems as if K. was beginning to come up against those political forces which have ever been a British Commander’s bane.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
Whenever I come up against Cupid, experience has taught me to retire deferentially, and wait until the love-fever has abated.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUX
Here again we come up against the morality of man; will he continue to poison himself with absinthe or will he abstain?
TWENTIETH CENTURY SOCIALISMEDMOND KELLY
But that doesn’t keep them from being terrible forces to come up against, especially for a proud thing like her.
THE STREET CALLED STRAIGHTBASIL KING
Has it gone so well with you with arms that ye are minded to come up against us bearing none?
ERIC BRIGHTEYESH. RIDER HAGGARD
One Eye had walked us to the end of the passage, and we had come up against a blind wall.
THE WHITE WATERFALLJAMES FRANCIS DWYER
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
WORDS RELATED TO COME UP AGAINST
- accost
- affront
- beard
- brave
- call one’s bluff
- come up against
- dare
- defy
- encounter
- face down
- face off
- face up to
- face with
- flout
- front
- go one-on-one
- go up against
- make my day
- meet
- meet eyeball-to-eyeball
- oppose
- repel
- resist
- scorn
- stand up to
- tell off
- withstand
- accosted
- affronted
- bearded
- braved
- called one’s bluff
- came up against
- dared
- defied
- encountered
- face with
- faced down
- faced up to
- flouted
- fronted
- made my day
- met
- met eyeball-to-eyeball
- opposed
- repelled
- resisted
- scorned
- stood up to
- told off
- went one-on-one
- went up against
- withstood
- accost
- brush against
- bump into
- chance on
- collide
- come across
- come up against
- confront
- contact
- cross
- dig up
- encounter
- engage
- experience
- face
- fall in with
- find
- get-together
- grapple
- greet
- hit
- light
- luck
- make a meet
- meet face to face
- rendezvous with
- rub eyeballs
- run across
- run into
- run up against
- salute
- see
- stumble
- touch shoulders
- tumble
- tussle
- blunder upon
- bump
- chance
- chance upon
- come across
- come up against
- discover
- encounter
- fall upon
- find
- hit
- light
- light upon
- luck
- meet
- run across
- stub toe on
- tumble
- turn up
- blundered
- bumbled
- careened
- erred
- faltered
- fell
- fell down
- floundered
- hesitated
- limped
- lost balance
- lumbered
- lurched
- muddled
- pitched
- reeled
- shuffled
- stammered
- swung
- tilted
- toppled
- tottered
- tripped
- wallowed
- wavered
- wobbled
- appreciate
- be exposed to
- come up against
- encounter
- feel
- have knowledge of
- know
- meet with
- partake of
- perceive
- run up against
- savor
- undergo
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What is another word for come up against?
750 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˈʌm ˌʌp ɐɡˈɛnst], [ kˈʌm ˌʌp ɐɡˈɛnst], [ k_ˈʌ_m ˌʌ_p ɐ_ɡ_ˈɛ_n_s_t]
Related words: come up against resistance, coming up against too much resistance, come up against the wall, come up against the current, come up against some resistance, come up against the odds
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v.
• confront (verb)
- call one’s bluff,
- stand up to,
- go up against,
- encounter,
- face down,
- resist,
- front,
- face with,
- make my day,
- repel,
- defy,
- tell off,
- go one-on-one,
- brave,
- withstand,
- oppose,
- beard,
- flout,
- scorn,
- meet eyeball-to-eyeball,
- affront,
- dare,
- meet,
- accost,
- face up to.
• meet (verb)
- get together,
- face,
- dig up,
- meet face to face,
- cross,
- engage,
- collide,
- tumble,
- see,
- salute,
- clash,
- tussle,
- light,
- rub eyeballs,
- run up against,
- rendezvous with,
- strike,
- luck,
- brush against,
- experience,
- run into,
- wrestle,
- make a meet,
- run across,
- stumble,
- find,
- chance on,
- touch shoulders,
- grapple,
- come across,
- HIT,
- confront,
- fall in with,
- bump into,
- contact,
- greet.
• stumble (verb)
- chance,
- stub toe on,
- turn up,
- bump,
- discover.
• taste (verb)
- appreciate,
- be exposed to,
- savor,
- feel,
- perceive,
- partake of.
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Other synonyms:
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- incur,
- undergo,
- endure,
- not know where/which way to turn,
- come under,
- go through,
- suffer,
- be in dire/desperate straits,
- be in the grip of something,
- be (caught/stuck) between a rock and a hard place.
• confront
- faced up to,
- go against,
- come against,
- stood up to,
- standing to,
- Fronting,
- stand to,
- go one on one.
• experience
- taste.
• meet
- digs up,
- run against,
- ran into,
- lucked,
- lucking,
- runs into,
- digging up,
- running into,
- Experiencing.
• Other relevant words:
- fussy,
- love,
- sapidity,
- prevail,
- muss,
- revolt,
- knock against,
- affect,
- fold,
- disdain,
- figurehead,
- promiscuous,
- crabby,
- cotton on,
- crossbreeding,
- draw close,
- falter,
- sports meeting,
- insure,
- hybridize,
- gibe,
- dislodge,
- appreciation,
- foregather,
- charter,
- push back,
- nominal head,
- span,
- ache,
- bear,
- scuffle,
- come out,
- assemble,
- fire,
- protest,
- whirl,
- presence,
- wage,
- fill,
- persist,
- gibbousness,
- get by,
- beat back,
- confrontation,
- try out,
- treasure,
- hybridizing,
- get it,
- reveal,
- fate,
- knock,
- relegate,
- butt against,
- opportunity,
- draw near,
- diss,
- calorie-free,
- brass,
- circumstances,
- savouring,
- crossing,
- consume,
- daring,
- buck,
- scotch,
- ensure,
- survive,
- ignite,
- short,
- get word,
- abide,
- inner light,
- get,
- cognize,
- present,
- embroil,
- sleep together,
- scratch,
- receive,
- clank,
- crisscross,
- locate,
- join forces,
- make love,
- gamble,
- front man,
- tangency,
- defend,
- support,
- friction,
- jeer,
- grimace,
- physical contact,
- line up,
- shine,
- impress,
- military greeting,
- trip up,
- luck into,
- go up,
- faint,
- human face,
- run,
- flavour,
- clamshell,
- have intercourse,
- scant,
- extrusion,
- fitting,
- run a risk,
- cut across,
- let on,
- penchant,
- braw,
- come to,
- adventure,
- digest,
- lie with,
- squirm,
- fulfil,
- drag in,
- crumple,
- ignitor,
- easy,
- destiny,
- happen,
- collide with,
- come over,
- crash,
- smack,
- enjoy,
- bilk,
- feeling,
- regain,
- tap,
- perceptiveness,
- affiance,
- expose,
- hand-to-hand struggle,
- examine,
- crossbreed,
- come up,
- lightheaded,
- jut,
- ascertain,
- tolerate,
- igniter,
- offend,
- misstep,
- determine,
- fold up,
- prosecute,
- link,
- get over,
- hurt,
- cope,
- illume,
- smell,
- figure,
- move,
- unclouded,
- observe,
- date,
- demolish,
- construe,
- have sex,
- mouthful,
- pick up,
- come up to,
- savoring,
- collaborate,
- grappling,
- tactile property,
- taste sensation,
- understand,
- maze,
- detect,
- brightness level,
- rule,
- realise,
- weather,
- wrestling,
- get along,
- spirit,
- lightsome,
- fight,
- baulk,
- blow,
- light up,
- catch,
- knot,
- last,
- side,
- face-off,
- get laid,
- brightness,
- get on,
- frustrate,
- get hold of,
- make do,
- fight down,
- escort,
- hold up,
- prospect,
- reject,
- hire,
- lightness,
- get wind,
- gustatory modality,
- boldness,
- have it off,
- look,
- bang,
- lurch,
- typeface,
- key out,
- bask,
- prize,
- palpate,
- stand,
- disclose,
- contact lens,
- lighting,
- take chances,
- cooperate,
- trip-up,
- byssus,
- aspect,
- lightly,
- jib,
- ravel,
- alight,
- grip,
- track,
- sweep up,
- illuminate,
- ten-strike,
- join,
- illumination,
- turn down,
- have it away,
- reach,
- contempt,
- nip,
- grumpy,
- shape up,
- find out,
- front end,
- wakeful,
- fire up,
- take account,
- excrescence,
- jar,
- breakthrough,
- sweep,
- prominence,
- perch,
- picture,
- portion,
- refuse,
- react,
- transgress,
- get it on,
- brook,
- obtain,
- brush,
- screw,
- tousle,
- light-colored,
- go steady,
- apprize,
- illumine,
- case,
- luminosity,
- mint,
- engross,
- light-headed,
- salutation,
- lite,
- balk,
- fall,
- excise,
- clean,
- view,
- roll in the hay,
- get down,
- control,
- conform to,
- despite,
- expression,
- stand firm,
- gross out,
- thwartwise,
- uncover,
- cover,
- name,
- witness,
- bring out,
- battlefront,
- run through,
- transverse,
- inter-group communication,
- weak,
- image,
- tip,
- meeting,
- font,
- risk,
- nerve,
- fuck,
- resonate,
- relishing,
- give away,
- employ,
- gustatory perception,
- hybridisation,
- fearless,
- do it,
- snub,
- uncovering,
- fortune,
- match,
- get across,
- acknowledge,
- face fungus,
- breast,
- cut through,
- assure,
- absorb,
- twist,
- snarl,
- twig,
- coming upon,
- gustation,
- light within,
- operate,
- breach,
- live,
- touch,
- visible radiation,
- writhe,
- flavor,
- sleep with,
- attend,
- go,
- striking,
- bonk,
- notice,
- crown of thorns,
- hassle,
- low-cal,
- make bold,
- project,
- key,
- watch,
- learn,
- visualize,
- savour,
- spurn,
- brush down,
- worm,
- violate,
- insult,
- near,
- disinterment,
- exhumation,
- sense of taste,
- hold out,
- traverse,
- fulfill,
- deal,
- degustation,
- face up,
- protuberance,
- latch on,
- drive back,
- get off,
- fount,
- mat,
- realize,
- let out,
- lighter,
- sluttish,
- topple,
- spill,
- pass over,
- try,
- fit,
- visit,
- dissent,
- lease,
- probability,
- interpret,
- cheek,
- movement,
- advance,
- play,
- discovery,
- revalue,
- stagger,
- make out,
- rent,
- converge,
- predilection,
- contradict,
- take a chance,
- cognise,
- bad-tempered,
- kick downstairs,
- contend,
- jazz,
- unhorse,
- wriggle,
- clear,
- grappling hook,
- twinkle,
- dig,
- have a go at it,
- luminousness,
- work through,
- preference,
- entangle,
- toast,
- take in,
- scoff,
- visible light,
- slip up,
- get onto,
- grappler,
- be intimate,
- manage,
- liaison,
- attain,
- go on,
- adjoin,
- hazard,
- rebuff,
- forgather,
- whiskers,
- transversal,
- strawman,
- clangoring,
- controvert,
- repulse,
- tone,
- infract,
- hear,
- unwrap,
- baffle,
- rap,
- gather,
- take care,
- sense,
- intrepid,
- mesh,
- finger,
- lose,
- swooning,
- break,
- fancy,
- presume,
- grappling iron,
- pooh-pooh,
- courageous,
- hybridization,
- freeze off,
- interbreeding,
- dismount,
- consider,
- catch on,
- value,
- find oneself,
- tripping,
- recognize,
- divulge,
- hardy,
- dishevel,
- whirl around,
- crabbed,
- swelling,
- gustatory sensation,
- intersect,
- wanton,
- hold,
- showdown,
- protrusion,
- light source,
- taste perception,
- smasher,
- approach,
- mark,
- pit,
- get a line,
- barrack,
- enter upon,
- put up,
- grouchy,
- sampling,
- visualise,
- relish,
- break down,
- hybrid,
- take,
- identify,
- impinging,
- tang,
- prove,
- get through,
- fend,
- stomach,
- wear,
- bed,
- take up,
- stick out,
- turn out,
- hump,
- contemn,
- grapnel,
- live on,
- devour,
- unaccented,
- go out,
- trip,
- hybridise,
- come along,
- demote,
- dogfight,
- ill-tempered,
- facial expression,
- check,
- clangor,
- unfearing,
- work stoppage,
- bumble,
- coin,
- fall in,
- audacious,
- occupy,
- dauntless,
- solicit,
- clangour,
- skirmish,
- strickle,
- casual,
- excavate,
- foil,
- rough-and-tumble,
- envision,
- bulge,
- middleman,
- expunge,
- despise,
- down,
- pursue,
- plight,
- luminance,
- smash,
- discernment,
- lot,
- retrieve,
- dig out,
- drive,
- enlist,
- die hard,
- impinge on,
- drink,
- counterbalance,
- sparkle,
- sustain,
- abstemious,
- idle,
- collapse,
- clang,
- reckon,
- loose,
- recover,
- jar against,
- eff,
- play off,
- recognise,
- sample distribution,
- social movement,
- address,
- apprise,
- distinguish,
- progress,
- show up,
- comprehend,
- crumble,
- regard,
- interbreed,
- describe,
- thwart,
- brave out,
- walk out,
- surface,
- fight off,
- get wise,
- force back,
- spark,
- queer,
- straw man,
- come near,
- see to it,
- fight back,
- betroth,
- get hold,
- pledge,
- lock,
- have,
- front line,
- satisfy,
- gay,
- wassail,
- spoil,
- drag,
- gibbosity,
- disgust,
- take on,
- forepart,
- hook,
- assume.
• stumble
- stumbling,
- fell upon.
• taste
- met with,
- tasting,
- partakes of.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- tangle,
- stumble on,
- meet head-on,
- meet up with,
- tumble on,
- fall upon,
- hit upon,
- blunder upon,
- have knowledge of,
- pitch upon,
- stumble upon,
- bring to bay,
- meet with,
- run smack into,
- close with,
- come upon,
- light upon,
- sample,
- come on,
- chance upon,
- know,
- happen upon,
- alight upon.
How to use «Come up against» in context?
When it comes to the English language, there are many ways to express «coming up against.» This verb can be used to describe either an event or a particular situation in which someone finds themselves. Here are a few examples:
We came up against a roadblock.
I met someone coming up against his limits.
We came up against insurmountable odds.
Coming up against these roadblocks has been frustrating.
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come up against
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > come up against
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come out against
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > come out against
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3
come up against
столкнуться, встретиться
When she started her career, she came up against racism and prejudice.
The first time I did this I came up against an unforeseen problem.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > come up against
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come out against
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > come out against
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5
come up against
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > come up against
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come butt against
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come butt against
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come out against
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come out against
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come up against
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come up against
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come up against
сталкиваться, встречаться
Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > come up against
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come up against a blank wall
нaтoлкнутьcя нa глуxую cтeну paвнoдушия, нe пoлучить пoддepжки
The Advisory Council on Standards for Consumer Goods has continued to come up against a blank wall of opposition on matters which were clearly worrying it a year ago (The Times)
Concise English-Russian phrasebook > come up against a blank wall
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come up against a blank wall
не получить поддержки, натолкнуться на глухую стену равнодушия
The Advisory Council on Standards for Consumer Goods has continued to come up against a blank wall of opposition on matters which were clearly worrying it a year ago. (‘The Times’) — Совещательный комитет по стандартам в области потребительских товаров столкнулся с непреодолимой оппозицией как раз по тем вопросам, которые тревожили его еще год назад.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > come up against a blank wall
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come out against an aggression
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come out against an aggression
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come out against deployment
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come out against deployment
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come out against missile deployment
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come out against missile deployment
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come up against a problem
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come up against a problem
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come up against a situation (where)
Общая лексика:сталкиваться с ситуацией, столкнуться с ситуацией
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come up against a situation (where)
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come up against an obstacle
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come up against an obstacle
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come up against resolute resistance
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come up against resolute resistance
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come up against a situation
Общая лексика: сталкиваться с ситуацией, столкнуться с ситуацией
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > come up against a situation
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come up against a problem
Англо-русский дипломатический словарь > come up against a problem
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come up against — To encounter (an obstacle, difficulty) • • • Main Entry: ↑come * * * ˌcome ˈup against [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they come up against he/she/it … Useful english dictionary
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come up against — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms come up against : present tense I/you/we/they come up against he/she/it comes up against present participle coming up against past tense came up against past participle come up against come up against… … English dictionary
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come up against — • (to) be up against • (to) run up against • (to) come up against See: up against •• to be, or arrive, at a position where positive progress or forward movement is, or may be, blocked … Словарь американских идиом
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come up against — • run up against • come up against • be up against (smth) encounter They ran up against many problems when they were building the freeway. to be, or arrive, at a position where positive progress or forward movement is, or may be, blocked … Idioms and examples
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come up against — PHRASAL VERB If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it. [V P P n] We came up against a great deal of resistance in dealing with the case … English dictionary
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come up against — phr verb Come up against is used with these nouns as the object: ↑opposition … Collocations dictionary
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come up against somebody — ˌcome ˈup against sb/sth derived no passive to be faced with or opposed by sb/sth • We expect to come up against a lot of opposition to the plan. Main entry: ↑comederived … Useful english dictionary
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come up against something — ˌcome ˈup against sb/sth derived no passive to be faced with or opposed by sb/sth • We expect to come up against a lot of opposition to the plan. Main entry: ↑comederived … Useful english dictionary
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come up against a brick wall — be/come up against a brick wall to not be able to continue an activity or do something you want to do. I ve tried everywhere I can think of for funding but I ve come up against a brick wall. My brother wants to leave home but he can t find a job … New idioms dictionary
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come up against a brick wall — run into/come up against/hit/etc a (brick) wall phrase to reach a point in a process where there are problems that seem impossible to solve We seem to have come up against a brick wall with this project. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a… … Useful english dictionary
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come up against a wall — run into/come up against/hit/etc a (brick) wall phrase to reach a point in a process where there are problems that seem impossible to solve We seem to have come up against a brick wall with this project. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a… … Useful english dictionary