go up against

go up against someone

to compete with someone; to face someone in competition. She is going up against Rodney in the spelling bee. The champ went up against the challenger in a match last Friday.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
'Uriy'el	-	Biblical Hebrew
Ruff	[rʌf]
Devyn	DEV-in	English (Modern)
Jehohanan	-	Biblical
Khurshid	-	Persian, Urdu, Persian Mythology
Dulcibella	-	English (Archaic)