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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.
See also: operate

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Saleem-Arabic
Sharar-Biblical
Elsje-Dutch
Ballintine['bælintain]
Malcolm['mælkəm]
PhyllisFIL-is (English)Greek Mythology, English, German
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