phrasal
: confronted with : face-to-face with
realized that they were up against a major difficulty — Nevil Shute
really took a professional to understand what he was up against — Robertson Davies
phrasal
: confronted with : face-to-face with
realized that they were up against a major difficulty — Nevil Shute
really took a professional to understand what he was up against — Robertson Davies
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012