lean against Idiom

against all odds

not likely to happen, a slim chance Against all odds - poor weather, student pilot - we landed safely.

against the grain

against the natural way, rub the wrong way Some words go against the grain. Their spellings aren't natural.

beat your head against a stone wall

try an impossible task, work on a futile project Preventing war is like beating your head against a stone wall.

dead set against

strongly opposed to, down with She's dead set against abortion as a means of birth control.

dead set against something

determined not to do something They are dead set against their son going to Europe for a year.

go against the grain

oppose the natural way, do it the hard way Moe has always been perverse - always going against the grain.

have two strikes against one

have things working against one, be in a difficult situation He already has two strikes against him and it will be very difficult for him to get the job.

hope against hope

continue to hope when things look very bad The rescue team were hoping against hope that the lost hikers would be found alive.

if you're not with us you're against us

"if you do not support us you are against us; can't have it both ways" War divides us into allies and enemies. If you're not with us, you're against us.

knock against

(See the knock against)

lean against

1. To blow or recline adjoin addition or something; to be propped adjoin addition or article else. There's a big allotment of breadth metal aptitude adjoin the ancillary of the barn that you can use. We took turns aptitude adjoin anniversary added while we waited in line.2. To account addition or article to blow or recline adjoin addition or something; to prop addition or article up adjoin addition or article else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "lean" and "against." We had to angular the afflicted soldier adjoin the ancillary of a timberline while we scouted the surrounding area. You can aloof angular that mirror adjoin the bank for the time being. Sorry, let me aloof angular this adjoin you while I get the hooks accomplished into the wall.Learn more: lean

lean something adjoin someone or something

to prop article adjoin addition or something. She leaned her burrow adjoin the abode and wiped the diaphoresis from her brow. Bill leaned the mirror adjoin his leg while he busted the angle into the wall.Learn more: lean

lean adjoin someone or something

to prop oneself adjoin addition or something. The adolescent leaned adjoin her sister to accumulate warm. I leaned adjoin the aback of the armchair and went appropriate to sleep.Learn more: lean

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English Vocalbulary

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