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What (who) is up against - definition

ALBUM BY ATLANTA RHYTHM SECTION
Back up against the wall

up against      
close to or touching.
?informal confronted with.
up against      
see up
Aawaz – Speak Up Against Sexual Violence         
2013 SINGLE BY JIM ANKAN DEKA
Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence (song); Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence; Aawaz - Speak Up Against Sexual Violence
"Aawaz – speak up against sexual violence" is a song written by Jim Ankan Deka, an Indian musician and documentary film maker.Song against sex crimes remembers Delhi girl, The Telegraph The lyrics are penned together by Jim and singer Ritwika Bhattacharya.

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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 up against
1. He said: "Everyone is battling very hard to prevent a further tragedy but we are up against the elements, up against the terrain and up against the clock.
2. "Everyone is battling very hard to prevent a further tragedy but we are up against the elements, up against the terrain and up against the clock," he said.
3. Henry said: "Fabregas did brilliantly but he was not just up against Vieira — he was up against a great team.
4. "I‘ve been standing up against the Republicans on everything from preventing them from privatizing Social Security to standing up against President Bush‘s veto of children‘s health," she said.
5. "I just hope the Austrian prosecution knows what they‘re up against." Revising revisionism It may well transpire that they are not up against all that much.