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run up against

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  1. run up againstverb

    Begin to encounter problems with someone or something.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of run up against in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of run up against in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of run up against in a Sentence

  1. John McCain:

    It's one of these things you just propose amendments to bills and encourage hearings and sooner or later the dam breaks, but I have to tell you ... the power of this maritime lobby is as powerful as anybody or any organization I have run up against in my political career. All I can do is appeal to the patron saint of lost causes and keep pressing and pressing and sooner or later you have to succeed.

  2. John McCain:

    But I have to tell you ... the power of this maritime lobby is as powerful as anybody or any organization I have run up against in my political career. All I can do is appeal to the patron saint of lost causes and keep pressing and pressing and sooner or later you have to succeed.


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  • αντιπαθείτεGreek

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