Synonyms for Goes up against:

• v.

  •combat (verb)
  • do battle with,
  • fight,
  • repel,
  • clash,
  • struggle,
  • resist,
  • buck,
  • war,
  • oppose,
  • contest,
  • go up against,
  • defy,
  • cross swords with,
  • strive,
  • dispute,
  • put up a fight,
  • contend,
  • traverse,
  • battle,
  • cope,
  • engage,
  • shoot it out,
  • duel,
  • withstand.
  •confront (verb)
  • front,
  • brave,
  • make my day,
  • call one's bluff,
  • face up to,
  • dare,
  • beard,
  • encounter,
  • stand up to,
  • come up against,
  • affront,
  • flout,
  • face down,
  • accost,
  • meet,
  • go one-on-one,
  • scorn,
  • tell off,
  • face with,
  • meet eyeball-to-eyeball.
  •face (verb)
  • eyeball,
  • fly in face of,
  • brace,
  • run into,
  • swallow,
  • risk,
  • court,
  • take the bull by the horns,
  • tolerate,
  • make a stand,
  • suffer,
  • stomach,
  • bear,
  • submit,
  • brook,
  • take,
  • countenance,
  • bit the bullet,
  • stand,
  • cope with,
  • confront,
  • be confronted by,
  • experience,
  • venture,
  • sustain,
  • grapple with,
  • deal with,
  • take it,
  • endure,
  • allow,
  • take on,
  • challenge,
  • abide,
  • square off,
  • cross.
  •struggle (verb)
  • row,
  • cross swords,
  • smack,
  • shuffle,
  • rough-house,
  • scrap,
  • hassle,
  • bump heads,
  • grapple,
  • slug,
  • tangle,
  • compete,
  • scuffle,
  • lock horns,
  • brawl,
  • romp.
  •take on (verb)
  • face off,
  • invite competition,
  • throw down the gauntlet,
  • go eyeball to eyeball with,
  • denounce,
  • hang in,
  • question,
  • investigate,
  • go one on one with,
  • insist upon,
  • go toe to toe with,
  • object to,
  • call out.
  •tussle (verb)
  • box,
  • wrestle,
  • conflict.

Antonyms for Goes up against:

• v.

  • combat
    retreat, run, make peace, agree, surrender, support, give up, give in, compromise, yield.
  • confront
    evade, dodge, avoid, back down.
  • face
    help, disallow, veto, keep, resist, disapprove, back, discontinue, leave, refuse, assist, halt, reject, aid, hide, stop, hold, ignore, shun, withdraw.
  • struggle
    rest, laze, concur, idle.
  • tussle
    harmonize.