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Definition of run up against phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

run up against

phrasal verb
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run up against something
  1. to experience a difficulty
    • The government is running up against considerable opposition to its tax reforms.
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
See run up against in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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