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over against

PREPOSITION
toward/towards
Synonyms
WEAK
against almost approaching close to coming up contra en route facing for fronting headed for in relation to in the direction of in the vicinity just before moving nearing nearly not quite on the road to pointing to proceeding shortly before to via vis-à-vis

Example Sentences

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Sam Curran, who also defended 10 from the last over against Nepal, dismissed Stewart in the penultimate over.

From BBC

Wood conceded 14 runs from the 19th over against Nepal on Sunday in taking 1-31 from three overs.

From Barron's

But Gordon's determination to impress spilled over against Liverpool in August when he was sent off for a late tackle on Virgil van Dijk in a 3-2 defeat, which led to him being suspended for another three games in the Premier League.

From BBC

Head coach Kevin Rouet arguably put out his B side in their 11-try victory over against Fiji, while this week he has gone full strength.

From BBC

I covered them in the Europa League and their system worked, they didn't get over-run, but in the Premier League they got out-paced, out-powered and run over, against teams that you wouldn't have expected them to lose to.

From BBC

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.