run up against in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for run up against in the English»French Dictionary

I.run up against VB [Brit rʌn -, Am rən -] (run up against [sth])

Translations for run up against in the English»French Dictionary

I.run [Brit rʌn, Am rən] N

III.run <pret ran, pp run> [Brit rʌn, Am rən] VB trans

IV.run <pret ran, pp run> [Brit rʌn, Am rən] VB intr

1. run (move quickly):

See also trial run, test run, practice run

against [Brit əˈɡɛnst, əˈɡeɪnst, Am əˈɡɛnst] PREP Against is translated by contre when it means physically touching or in opposition to: against the wall = contre le mur; he's against independence = il est contre l'indépendance; the fight against inflation = la lutte contre l'inflation.
If you have any doubts about how to translate a fixed phrase or expression beginning with against (against the tide, against the clock, against the grain, against all odds etc.) you should consult the appropriate noun entry (tide, , clock, grain, odds etc.).
against often appears in English with certain verbs (turn against, compete against, discriminate against, stand out against etc.). For translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry (turn against, compete, discriminate, stand etc.).
against often appears in English after certain nouns and adjectives (protection against, a match against, a law against, effective against etc.). For translations consult the appropriate noun or adjective entry (protection, match, law, effective etc.). For particular usages see below.

See also up, turn against, tide, stand, protection, odds, match, law, grain, effective, discriminate, compete, clock, as

I.up [ʌp] ADJ Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs (get up, pick up etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc.).

1. up (high):

VIII.up and down ADV (to and fro)

XIV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB trans (increase)

XV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB intr inf

I.turn against VB [Brit təːn -, Am tərn -] (turn against [sb/sth])

II.turn against VB [Brit təːn -, Am tərn -] (turn [sb] against)

tide [Brit tʌɪd, Am taɪd] N

I.stand [Brit stand, Am stænd] N

II.stand <pret, pp stood> [Brit stand, Am stænd] VB trans

III.stand <pret, pp stood> [Brit stand, Am stænd] VB intr

protection [Brit prəˈtɛkʃ(ə)n, Am prəˈtɛkʃ(ə)n] N

odds [Brit ɒdz, Am ɑdz] N npl

2. odds (chance, likelihood):

I.match [Brit matʃ, Am mætʃ] N

II.match [Brit matʃ, Am mætʃ] VB trans

III.match [Brit matʃ, Am mætʃ] VB intr

1. law U (body of rules):

loi f

I.grain [Brit ɡreɪn, Am ɡreɪn] N

II.grain [Brit ɡreɪn, Am ɡreɪn] VB trans (stain)

effective [Brit ɪˈfɛktɪv, Am əˈfɛktɪv] ADJ

discriminate [Brit dɪˈskrɪmɪneɪt, Am dəˈskrɪməˌneɪt] VB intr

I.compete [Brit kəmˈpiːt, Am kəmˈpit] VB intr

I.clock [Brit klɒk, Am klɑk] N

I.as [Brit az, əz, Am æz, əz] CONJ

1. as (in the manner that):

as I see it
as you were! MIL

II.as [Brit az, əz, Am æz, əz] PREP

III.as [Brit az, əz, Am æz, əz] ADV

1. as (expressing degree, extent):

I.up [ʌp] ADJ Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs (get up, pick up etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc.).

1. up (high):

VIII.up and down ADV (to and fro)

XIV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB trans (increase)

XV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB intr inf

See also pick over, pick, get

I.pick over VB [Brit pɪk -, Am pɪk -] (pick [sth] over, pick over [sth])

I.pick [Brit pɪk, Am pɪk] N

2. pick (poke) → pick at

I.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

II.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB intr

get her inf!
get him inf in that hat!
to get it up vulg sl
bander vulg sl
to get it up vulg sl
to get one's in Am inf

run up against in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for run up against in the English»French Dictionary

II.run <-nn-, ran, run> [rʌn] VB intr

III.run <-nn-, ran, run> [rʌn] VB trans

II.against ·ˈgentst] ADV a. POL

See also down2, down1

IV.down1 [daʊn] N (in football)

British English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This benefits our daily life in society because we can run up against all disturbances by deliberating myself.
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We've run up against the mountains, the ocean and neighboring jurisdictions.
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But this centralization will not succeed because it will run up against the ethnic-political power bases in the republics.
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As the market for enterprise chat matures, it's all but certain that the two platforms will start run up against each other.
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They'd all run up against medical professionals who judged and lectured them.
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And that means that protecting the salmon may run up against well entrenched economic interests and cultural assumptions.
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Attempts thus far to incorporate gravity into the laws of physics at the quantum scale have run up against nonsensical infinities and deep paradoxes.
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Such things may never have happened to you at all; likely you only run up against it once.
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Keep in mind that, even if an application is designed to protect all its data, it can run up against limitations out of its control.
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Just a suggestion, in case the new producers run up against budget problems...
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