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over against
Idioms and Phrases
As opposed to, contrasted with, as in Over against the Smiths, the Johnsons were well off . [c. 1500]Example Sentences
It has a constellation of green and pink rhinestones all over, against bursts of bright red stitching.
But that crisp play did not carry over against the Cornhuskers.
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.
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.
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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