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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
Hariwald-Ancient Germanic
Chiemeka-Western African, Igbo
Milka (2)-Biblical
Mitul-Indian, Gujarati, Hindi
GraziaGRAHT-syahItalian
Rafiqa-Arabic
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