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as in on
in or into contact with he leaned against the fence and it collapsed unwittingly rubbed his leg against some poison ivy

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as in anti
opposed to; not for I'm against going to see the parade if it's raining

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against

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“Against.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/against. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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