run up against

run up against somebody/something

to experience difficulty with someone or something Sometimes you run up against a colleague who just doesn't want you to succeed. I ran up against some regulations that were incredibly stupid.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Endymion	-	Greek Mythology
Octavianus	-	Ancient Roman
ŽIga	-	Slovene
Eveline	EV-ə-leen (English), EV-ə-lien (English), ay-və-LEE-nə (Dutch), ay-və-LEEN (Dutch)	English, French, Dutch
Haim	-	Hebrew
Zaray	-	Arabic