up against it

phrase

informal

: in a difficult situation

With hardly any money or time left, we are really up against it!

Examples of up against it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Stack firewood away from the house, not up against it. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 25 June 2026

But the final result was costly and Liverpool are up against it. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026

To put things bluntly, the Tigers are up against it, but there is still a path towards a tournament berth. — Joseph Pastilha, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2026

More optimistic Syrians had faith the regime would be toppled eventually, not by the current generation that rose up against it, but a future one. — Hassan Hassan, Time, 8 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for up against it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit