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What (who) is uphill - definition
uphill
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VILLAGE IN SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM
1.
If something or someone is uphill or is moving uphill, they are near the top of a hill or are going up a slope.
He had been running uphill a long way...
? downhill
ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, ADV from n
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Uphill is also an adjective.
...a long, uphill journey...
The walk from the village to Greystones was uphill all the way.
? downhill
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
If you refer to something as an uphill struggle or an uphill battle, you mean that it requires a great deal of effort and determination, but it should be possible to achieve it.
It had been an uphill struggle to achieve what she had wanted...
It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.
ADJ: ADJ n
uphill
VILLAGE IN SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM
¦ adverb towards the top of a slope.
¦ adjective
1. sloping upwards.
2. difficult: an uphill struggle.
¦ noun an upward slope.
uphill
VILLAGE IN SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM
a.
1.
Ascending, upward.
2.
Difficult, hard, arduous, toilsome, wearisome.
Examples of use of uphill
1. UPHILL BATTLE Inter Milan face an uphill battle to regain the title they last won in 1'65.
2. Ahdyar faces an uphill battle for Olympic success.
3. They face an uphill battle, particularly with the Tuhoe.
4. There are nice views but it is an uphill struggle.
5. It was a reminder of the uphill struggle Maliki faces.