come up against's Usage Examples:

Naval boarding action is an offensive tactic used in naval warfare to come up against (or alongside) an enemy marine vessel and attack by inserting combatants.

negative NRR means a team is scoring slower than the teams it has come up against.

Each time, however, they would come up against either the U.

this episode, Mulder, Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi), and Doggett come up against the horrible consequences of the Syndicate's pact with the aliens,.

these barriers are such things as when you come up against your own limitations, when you come up against the limitations of your will, your ability,.

The Galyari come up against the Seventh Doctor in Dreamtime.

The step-wise continuation technique may, however, come up against difficulties.

Europe against a fellow Italian side, but Milan had once previously come up against opposition of the same nationality in Europe when they defeated Sampdoria.

The final was the first time that Parma had come up against English opposition.

timeslot to the lower rating Saturday-night timeslot, which saw it come up against The Bill, a British police drama which has become quite popular in.

have differing vision capabilities for whatever the officer could come up against.

Blood" April 24, 2009 (2009-04-24) Although Patton and the Allies come up against a surprise counterattack by Italian tanks, they successfully hold the.

Prefecture (東昌府; in present-day Liaocheng, Shandong) for food, they come up against the garrison commander Zhang Qing, who flings stones with great accuracy.

On his debut against Surrey, he was unfortunate to come up against an irresistible first-innings spell of bowling from Alf Gover, who.

cold Antarctic Circumpolar Current flowing in the same direction, come up against the warmer Agulhas Current in the region of the cape.

also knew how human it was to feel like that, and how I'd probably come up against this feeling again and again.

"Where are they now? The 15 familiar faces Bristol Rugby could come up against next season".

Both these units remained at full strength as they had not come up against troops of the foreign powers.

The first match saw them come up against Vasas SC of Hungary, the match ended 0–0 in the first leg but the second.

Pancho López and his family come up against financial difficulties: he has pledged his house as collateral for.

Synonyms:

put down; attain; flood in; come in; roll up; pull in; reach; move in; set ashore; drive in; get in; arrive; get; shore; set down; land; bring down; plump in; draw in; hit;

Antonyms:

leave; pull out; arrive; embark; inflate;