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View definitions for rise against

rise against

verb as in mutiny

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Austria turned against him ; all Europe was eager to rise against this defaulting trustee of freedom, this mere usurper.

The whites have risen against their king; and now the blacks rise against them, in turn.

And at the worst, if France do rise against us, it is but bargaining with France; better so than bargaining with Prussia, surely.

It was lighter than water, so that he might rise against the object to which it was intended to be fastened.

I was much annoyed at the time, for I thought that the people would probably rise against us.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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