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at cross-purposes(adjective, hostile, counter, unfriendly)
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at odds(adjective, hostile, counter, unfriendly)
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in opposition(adjective, hostile, counter, unfriendly)
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against the tide
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against the wind
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at daggers drawn
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at war with
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eyeball to eyeball
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in flat opposition
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in hostile array
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just the opposite
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on the contrary
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quite the contrary
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to the contrary
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tout au contraire
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up against(adjective, hostile, counter, unfriendly)
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up in arms
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with crossed bayonets
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asleep on job(adjective, idiom, lazy, slack)
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at odds with(idiom, preposition, contrary, against)
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APASmart Define. (2015). against the grain thesaurus. Retrieved September 24, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/against_the_grain/thesaurus/synonyms
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