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come up against
verb as in confront
verb as in meet
Strong matches
verb as in stumble
verb as in taste
Strongest matches
Example Sentences
And Union's 3-1 win against PSV in their first Champions League fixture did not come as a surprise to Sykes last month because his side are "not afraid to come up against anyone".
All three had come up against Ishiba in the previous presidential race in 2024 - with Takaichi initially emerging as the strongest candidate in the first round of votes.
He hasn't scored since the Community Shield, although he has come up against solid Chelsea and Nottingham Forest defences.
Raducanu, 22, could come up against 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina, who she recently played doubles with in Washington, in the third round.
After turning down an approach from the Black Ferns before she committed to England, she has since faced New Zealand twice in her career and will come up against Samoa in the World Cup pool stage.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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