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| at cross-purposes(adjective, hostile, counter, unfriendly) | |
| at odds(adjective, hostile, counter, unfriendly) | |
| in opposition(adjective, hostile, counter, unfriendly) | |
| against the tide | |
| against the wind | |
| at daggers drawn | |
| at war with | |
| eyeball to eyeball | |
| in flat opposition | |
| in hostile array | |
| just the opposite | |
| on the contrary | |
| quite the contrary | |
| to the contrary | |
| tout au contraire | |
| up against(adjective, hostile, counter, unfriendly) | |
| up in arms | |
| with crossed bayonets | |
| asleep on job(adjective, idiom, lazy, slack) | |
| at odds with(idiom, preposition, contrary, against) |
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