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What (who) is run up against - definition
ALBUM BY ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION
Back up against the wall
run up against
experience or meet (a difficulty).
run up against
If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
I ran up against the problem of getting taken seriously long before I became a writer...
= encounter
PHRASAL VERB: V P P n
run up
SINGLE BY MAJOR LAZER FEATURING PARTYNEXTDOOR AND NICKI MINAJ FROM THE ALBUM MUSIC IS THE WEAPON (2017)
Run Up (song); Run Up (Major Lazer song)
v.
1) (d; intr.) to run up against ('to encounter') (to run up against strong competition; to run up against difficulties)
2) (D; intr.) to run up to ('to approach quickly') (she ran up to me)
Wikipedia
Back Up Against the Wall
Back Up Against the Wall is the second album by the Southern rock band Atlanta Rhythm Section, released in 1973. It is the first album to feature Ronnie Hammond on lead vocals. The album was re-released in 1977 on MCA Records as a double album with their first album (MCA-24114).
Examples of use of run up against
1. "It‘s a concern you run up against in Iowa or in Iraq," he said.
2. Alito may run up against more public opposition over his views on Roe v.
3. The former CIA chief said the effort had run up against several major problems.
4. American preservationists have run up against politics in the process of trying to save the Hemingway home.
5. Launching the shuttle past Friday would run up against the timetable for a Russian launch to the space station.