up against it
idiom
informal
: in a difficult situation
With hardly any money or time left, we are really up against it!
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To rise up against it would likely mean an armed struggle.
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
Pendley, who has since pleaded guilty, hoped a government overreaction to such an attack would cause Americans to rise up against it.
—Mark Pitcavage, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2022
Additionally, quarantines can push populations to rally with the government, rather than rise up against it, says Sidharth Kaushal, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 21 June 2024
The Soviet Union fell apart not only because the Georgians, the Lithuanians, the Ukrainians, and other non-Russians rose up against it but also because the Russians themselves did.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2020
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Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
Pendley, who has since pleaded guilty, hoped a government overreaction to such an attack would cause Americans to rise up against it.
—Mark Pitcavage, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2022
Additionally, quarantines can push populations to rally with the government, rather than rise up against it, says Sidharth Kaushal, senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 21 June 2024
The Soviet Union fell apart not only because the Georgians, the Lithuanians, the Ukrainians, and other non-Russians rose up against it but also because the Russians themselves did.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2020
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“Up against it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20against%20it. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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