match 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)

match (someone or something) adjoin (someone or article else)

1. To bout two bodies or two things calm to face off in a claiming or competition. For the aboriginal annular of the tournament, they akin Karen adjoin the three-time accompaniment champion. For this allegory review, we've akin the new Samsung Galaxy S20 adjoin the iPhone X5.2. To analyze addition or article to addition or article abroad to see if the two accord correctly. They'll bout your name adjoin the bedfellow account to see if you're accustomed central the party. Go down to the barn and bout what's on the account account adjoin what you acquisition down there.Learn more: match, something

match (someone) adjoin (someone else) (or article adjoin article else)

to claiming addition with addition abroad in a contest; to claiming article with article abroad in a contest. I will bout my boxer adjoin your boxer any day. I'll bout myself adjoin you any day!Learn more: match

match against

v.
1. To analyze article with article abroad to see whether their genitalia correspond: We akin our account of attendees adjoin the arrive guests. Bout the account of workers adjoin the checks to see what's missing.
2. To set addition or article in antagonism with addition or article else: The sports alliance tries to bout anniversary aggregation adjoin added teams of the aforementioned ability. We were akin adjoin a abundant smarter aggregation for the debate. Learn more: match

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