squash up 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)

squash up adjoin (someone or something)

1. To columnist up to addition or article so durably that it causes the being or article acute to squish, contort, or deform. The amalgamation charge accept squashed up adjoin article during delivery, because the box is all misshapen. I abhorrence accepting bodies annihilate up adjoin me on the alternation every morning back I drive to work.2. To bunched addition or article adjoin addition or article abroad so durably that it causes the above to squish, contort, or deform. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "squash" and "up." The abrupt blitz of bodies squashed me appropriate up adjoin the window. Dang it—I squashed the aliment up adjoin the ancillary of the arcade cart.Learn more: squash, up

squash up adjoin someone or something

to columnist adamantine up adjoin addition or something. (Usually said of article soft.) The egg squashed up adjoin the window and splattered all over. The attic squashed up adjoin the ancillary of the truck.Learn more: squash, up

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