run up against's Usage Examples:

statement titled "My Old Testament": "Promotion of my translation will run up against special difficulties with my exact translation of the prophecies and.

They run up against a gang of unruly pirates who seem to know more than they reveal.

In the case of the British Labour Party this campaign had long run up against the party"s former policy that Northern Ireland should be given over.

ambitious experiments planned for later Mercury missions, they would have run up against the tight payload capacity limits of the capsule and Atlas vehicle.

of the roll excursion, using full trim, caused a pitch trim tab to run up against a stop.

This Rundown isolates and addresses the major area the individual has run up against in life that is causing him difficulty, and handles it through a specially.

satire: [W]hile "satire," or perhaps rather "satiric(al)," are words we run up against constantly in analyses of contemporary culture [.

points and moving up in the rankings when the victory margin is being run up against a weaker team.

"These arguments are hardly meritless but they run up against an overriding consideration.

5 kg) man to run up against a glass and withstand it.

The western and eastern borders of the Big Elk Creek Section run up against private properties, as do some portions near the southern edge of Strickersville.

controversial issues to be viable, Laiman explained: We"ve already run up against standards and practices.

When they crawl out near a motorway, they run up against angry farmers, biker gangs, heroin addicts, and rabid dogs in a world.

Synonyms:

trot, streak, hurry, run bases, hare, skitter, travel rapidly, romp, speed, scamper, lope, sprint, scuttle, rush, zip, clip, outrun, jog, scurry,

Antonyms:

recall, disarrange, hard, concise, exclude,