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Grammar : Verb

  • abstain
  • avoid
  • back down
  • cancel
  • disconnect
  • disjoin
  • divide
  • dodge
  • evade
  • fail
  • let go
  • lose
  • misinterpret
  • miss
  • misunderstand
  • overlook
  • pass by
  • refrain
  • release
  • separate
  • shun
  • surrender
  • yield

Definition of came up against

  • As in meet : verb happen on
  • As in stumble : verb happen upon
  • As in taste : verb experience
  • As in confront : verb challenge

Synonyms for came up against

  • accost
  • affront
  • appreciate
  • be exposed to
  • beard
  • blunder upon
  • brave
  • brush against
  • bump
  • bump into
  • call one's bluff
  • chance
  • chance on
  • chance upon
  • clash
  • collide
  • come across
  • come up against
  • confront
  • contact
  • cross
  • dare
  • defy
  • dig up
  • discover
  • encounter
  • engage
  • experience
  • face
  • face down
  • face up to
  • face with
  • fall in with
  • fall upon
  • feel
  • find
  • flout
  • front
  • get together
  • go one-on-one
  • go up against
  • grapple
  • greet
  • have knowledge of
  • hit
  • know
  • light
  • light upon
  • luck
  • make a meet
  • make my day
  • meet
  • meet eyeball-to-eyeball
  • meet face to face
  • meet with
  • oppose
  • partake of
  • perceive
  • rendezvous with
  • repel
  • resist
  • rub eyeballs
  • run across
  • run into
  • run up against
  • salute
  • savor
  • scorn
  • see
  • stand up to
  • strike
  • stub toe on
  • stumble
  • tell off
  • touch shoulders
  • tumble
  • turn up
  • tussle
  • undergo
  • withstand
  • wrestle
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