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
Ascham	['æskəm]
Epiphanius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Joanna	[dʒəu'ænə]
Kashi	-	Indian, Hindi
Olympia	[əu'limpiə]
Dovid	-	Yiddish