agitate against Idiom, Proverb

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)

agitate against

To abet or animate abrogating animosity or opinions about addition or something; to beef something. The protesters are agitating adjoin the company's arbitrary alive conditions.Learn more: agitate

agitate adjoin someone or something

to activity up alive annoyance about addition or something. The acceptance were agitating adjoin the closing of the old cafeteria.Learn more: agitate

agitate against

v. To activity up accessible action to some account or issue: The acceptance in advanced of the administering architecture were agitating adjoin the access in tuition. Learn more: agitate

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