Antonyms for up against it
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ÊŒp |
Definition of up against it
Origin :- earliest recorded sense is "to drive and catch (swans)," 1560, from up (adv.). Meaning "to get up, rise to one's feet" (as in up and leave) is recorded from 1643. Sense of "to move upward" is recorded from 1737. Meaning "increase" (as in up the price of oil) is attested from 1915. Cf. Old English verb uppian "to rise." Upping block is attested from 1796.
- As in desperate : adj hopeless
Synonyms for up against it
- at end of one's rope
- back to the wall
- can't win
- dead duck
- despairing
- despondent
- desponding
- downcast
- forlorn
- futile
- gone
- goner
- hard up
- in the soup
- in the toilet
- inconsolable
- irrecoverable
- irremediable
- irretrievable
- no-chance
- no-way
- no-win
- running out of time
- sad
- sunk
- up against it
- up the creek
- useless
- vain
- wretched
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