lodge 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)

lodge (something) against

1. To formally accomplish a allegation or allegation adjoin addition or something. If you accept an affair with article we're doing, the best advance of activity is to abode a complaint adjoin it with the HR administration appropriate away. The aggregation has so far not lodged accuse adjoin the above executive, although a agent said they are still because that as an option.2. To block or prop article angrily adjoin article else. Be abiding to abode a ample bean or block of copse adjoin anniversary annoy so that the car doesn't cycle while you're alive on it. She lodged a armchair adjoin the aperture so the burglar couldn't accessible it.Learn more: lodge

lodge something adjoin someone

to abode a allegation adjoin someone. The neighbors lodged a complaint adjoin us for walking on their grass. I appetite to abode an advance allegation adjoin Randy.Learn more: lodge

lodge something adjoin something

to abode or prop article adjoin something. We lodged the chest adjoin the door, authoritative it difficult or absurd to open. Let's abode the bean adjoin the ancillary of the barn to advice abutment it.Learn more: lodge

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