The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ABUT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Be up against? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABUT | 100 % | 4 |
Why may ABUT be the right solution?
"ABUT" means to be up against or to adjoin something, making it the right solution for the clue "Be up against."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Be up against?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- face
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- american football
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Crossword Answer definitions
ABUT verb- To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land)
- To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to.
- To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall.
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