up against it
idiom
informal
: in a difficult situation
With hardly any money or time left, we are really up against it!
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Woods Richardson and the Twins were up against it Wednesday facing the red-hot Padres, winners in 22 of their last 28.
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Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
To rise up against it would likely mean an armed struggle.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
Pendley, who has since pleaded guilty, hoped a government overreaction to such an attack would cause Americans to rise up against it.
—Mark Pitcavage, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2022
Additionally, quarantines can push populations to rally with the government, rather than rise up against it, says Sidharth Kaushal, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 21 June 2024
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Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
To rise up against it would likely mean an armed struggle.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
Pendley, who has since pleaded guilty, hoped a government overreaction to such an attack would cause Americans to rise up against it.
—Mark Pitcavage, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2022
Additionally, quarantines can push populations to rally with the government, rather than rise up against it, says Sidharth Kaushal, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 21 June 2024
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“Up against it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20against%20it. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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