phrasal
: face-to-face with a seemingly insuperable obstacle : in desperate straits
a first-rate story of people who happen to be up against it — J.R.Chamberlain
phrasal
: face-to-face with a seemingly insuperable obstacle : in desperate straits
a first-rate story of people who happen to be up against it — J.R.Chamberlain
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012