run against

run against
сталкиваться; наталкиваться на; to run one's head against a wall стукнуться головой об стену; fig. прошибать лбом стену
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перебегать, набегать, наталкиваться на, сталкиваться, напороться
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  • run against — index collide (clash), conflict, counteract, fight (counteract), jostle (bump into), oppugn …   Law dictionary

  • run against — phrasal 1. : to meet suddenly or unexpectedly 2. : to work or take effect unfavorably to : disfavor, oppose time is now running against us in this affair do nothing that would run against his moral principles * * * archaic colli …   Useful english dictionary

  • run against — Synonyms and related words: aggravated assault, aggression, amphibious attack, antagonize, armed assault, assailing, assailment, assault, attack, banzai attack, be antipathetic, be at cross purposes, be inimical, bear, bear upon, beat against,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • run against — phrasal 1. to meet suddenly or unexpectedly 2. to work or take effect unfavorably to ; disfavor, oppose …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • To run against time — Time Time, n.; pl. {Times}. [OE. time, AS. t[=i]ma, akin to t[=i]d time, and to Icel. t[=i]mi, Dan. time an hour, Sw. timme. [root]58. See {Tide}, n.] 1. Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • run against a rock — risk oneself, put oneself in danger …   English contemporary dictionary

  • run — vi ran, run, run·ning 1 a: to be or continue to be in operation or effect b: to proceed toward expiration or effectiveness statute of limitations began to run when she received notice of the injury compare toll 2: to continue to accrue or become… …   Law dictionary

  • Run — Run, v. t. 1. To cause to run (in the various senses of {Run}, v. i.); as, to run a horse; to run a stage; to run a machine; to run a rope through a block. [1913 Webster] 2. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation. [1913 Webster] To run… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • against the grain — {adv. phr.} 1. Across rather than with the direction of the fibers (as of wood or meat). * /He sandpapered the wood against the grain./ 2. So as to annoy or trouble, or to cause anger or dislike. Usually follows go . * /His coarse and rude ways… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • against the grain — {adv. phr.} 1. Across rather than with the direction of the fibers (as of wood or meat). * /He sandpapered the wood against the grain./ 2. So as to annoy or trouble, or to cause anger or dislike. Usually follows go . * /His coarse and rude ways… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • against the stream — against (or with) the stream against (or with) the prevailing view or tendency a world in which the demand for quality does not run against the stream …   Useful english dictionary


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