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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
Zemfira-Tatar, Bashkir, Azerbaijani, Literature
WrightRIETEnglish
Dara (2)-Khmer
Behrouz-Persian
FinnagÁN-Irish
Anargyros-Greek
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