work against (someone)
phrasal verb
worked against (someone); working against (someone); works against (someone)
: to contribute to a negative result for someone : make something less likely to happen for someone
Her lack of experience worked against her in the election.
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Fortunately, their work against top competition has been superb, as evidenced by a 9-2 record against Q1 + Q2.
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
Labor trafficking forces someone to work against their will through force, fraud or coercion.
—Kendall Larson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
That system, whose deployment and improvements have been partly funded by the United States, was designed to work against low-tech rocket and artillery attacks fired from relatively short range.
—The Editors, National Review, 30 Jan. 2025
Bluntly, after revealing a slice of how the celebrity PR machine sausage is actually made in the era of influencers and online media, Abel additionally states:
Now what kind of woman would work against another woman who was victim of all the things being claimed?
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 13 Feb. 2025
Labor trafficking forces someone to work against their will through force, fraud or coercion.
—Kendall Larson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
That system, whose deployment and improvements have been partly funded by the United States, was designed to work against low-tech rocket and artillery attacks fired from relatively short range.
—The Editors, National Review, 30 Jan. 2025
Bluntly, after revealing a slice of how the celebrity PR machine sausage is actually made in the era of influencers and online media, Abel additionally states:
Now what kind of woman would work against another woman who was victim of all the things being claimed?
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Work against (someone).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20against%20%28someone%29. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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