A list of phrases containing the word "against"...
- A house divided against itself cannot stand ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
- Against the grain ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
- Against the law
- Against the odds
- Against your will
- Bang your head against a brick wall
- Charge of the Light Brigade ( British cavalry charge against Russian army in the Crimean War and title of a poem by Tennyson )
- Crime against nature
- Go against the grain
- Guard against
- Harden your heart against
- Hope against hope
- Horlicks guards against night starvation ( Horlicks advertising slogan )
- I'll not hear a word against him
- If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me?
- Kick against
- Kick against the pricks
- Knock up against
- More sinned against than sinning
- Pit your wits against
- Play both ends against the middle
- Protect against
- Race against the clock
- Race against time
- Rage against the machine
- Rage, rage, against the dying of the light
- Set your face against something
- Swim against the tide
- There's no law against it
- Up against it
- Up against the wall
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