come up against

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His length was the fullest of the England attack and, when he bowled Smith with a superb nip-backer, it extended a run of dismissing the Australian great in all of the four first-class innings they have come up against each other.

From BBC

Needing to catch their divisional rival Pittsburgh, a desperate Baltimore come up against a Patriots team still in the hunt for the conference's crucial number-one seed spot.

From Barron's

With migrants increasingly key to Chilean businesses, Kast could come up against opposition from those relying on foreign labour for their business.

From BBC

The Selecao would come up against the runners-up of groups E, F and I in the same section.

From BBC

Another eye-catching group game will see France again come up against Senegal, who stunned the then-world champions in 2002 in one of the tournament's most famous shocks.

From BBC