go up against
English
Verb
go
up
against
To
challenge
someone.
May 27, 2007
, Jamie Doward,
The Observer
.Jail head rejects shared cells plan.
The Director-General of the Prison Service is ready to
go up against
ministers by resisting any government plan to force more prisoners to share cells.
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