run against sb/sth
— phrasal verb with run uk/rʌn/us/rʌn/verb present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run
to oppose or have an effect that is not helpful towards someone or something:
Luck is really running against you tonight!
Public opinion is currently running against the banking industry.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Opposing & against
- against
- anti
- anti-
- antithesis
- boycott
- bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
- conscientious objector
- counter
- countervailing
- defy
- detractor
- down with...! idiom
- foam pie
- go against sth/sb
- objector
- opponent
- oppose
- opposing
- point of order
- stand
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