operate against

operate against someone or something

to work against someone or something; to have a negative effect on someone or something. All of this operates against our idea affixing the garage up as a family room. The new vacation policy operates against my plan to take all of July off.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
MecİT	-	Turkish
Narseh	-	Ancient Persian
Diogo	DYAW-goo (Portuguese), JYAW-goo (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Vilhelmi	VEEL-hel-mee	Finnish
TeÀRlach	-	Scottish
Bulat	-	Kazakh