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over against



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Idioms and Phrases

As opposed to, contrasted with, as in Over against the Smiths, the Johnsons were well off . [c. 1500]
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It has a constellation of green and pink rhinestones all over, against bursts of bright red stitching.

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But that crisp play did not carry over against the Cornhuskers.

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England wing Tommy Freeman has scored a try in all three rounds this campaign, and showed his power to crash over against Scotland from close range.

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But here we are again, staring down the final hours of a race that pits a would-be authoritarian who is mocked and loathed the world over against a competent, highly qualified woman who seems to have learned some lessons from the Clinton campaign.

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In a press conference the police said: "We observed a female crouched over against the upstairs front window of that house and located Mary deceased unfortunately within the property."

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