All come up against synonyms

verb come up against

• challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
• happen on — to take place; come to pass; occur: Something interesting is always happening in New York.
• defy — If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• accost — If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
• repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• meet — greatest lower bound
• clash — When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
• greet — to lament; bewail.
• face — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
• see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
• contact — Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.
• find — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
• bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
• feel — to perceive or examine by touch.
• savor — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
• appreciate — If you appreciate something, for example a piece of music or good food, you like it because you recognize its good qualities.
• withstand — to stand or hold out against; resist or oppose, especially successfully: to withstand rust; to withstand the invaders; to withstand temptation.
• brave — Someone who is brave is willing to do things which are dangerous, and does not show fear in difficult or dangerous situations.
• affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
• flout — to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.
• scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
• front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
• dare — If you do not dare to do something, you do not have enough courage to do it, or you do not want to do it because you fear the consequences. If you dare to do something, you do something which requires a lot of courage.
• beard — A man's beard is the hair that grows on his chin and cheeks.
• hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• tumble — to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
• confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
• cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
• collide — If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them.
• grapple — to hold or make fast to something, as with a grapple.
• wrestle — to engage in wrestling.
• salute — Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.
• light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
• tussle — to struggle or fight roughly or vigorously; wrestle; scuffle.
• luck — Polish name of Lutsk.
• stumble — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
• strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
• discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.
• chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
• undergo — to be subjected to; experience; pass through: to undergo surgery.
• know — to perceive or understand as fact or truth; to apprehend clearly and with certainty: I know the situation fully.
• perceive — to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses: I perceived an object looming through the mist.
• tell off — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• face down — Also, face-down. Informal. a direct confrontation; showdown.
• face up to — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.