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rise (up) against someone or something

to challenge someone or something; to rebel against someone or something. The citizens rose up against their elected officials. They rose up against the abusive power of the government.

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The worst that a prince may expect from a hostile people is to be abandoned by them; but from hostile nobles he has not only to fear abandonment, but also that they will rise against him; for they, being in these affairs more far- seeing and astute, always come forward in time to save themselves, and to obtain favours from him whom they expect to prevail. The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context It was the evil that they saw around them that made them write and speak as they did, and it was their speaking and writing, perhaps, that gave the people courage to rise against oppression. English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context This one would rise against him and denounce, another would accept them as pleasant strangers. Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context			riot riot of color rip rip apart rip away rip down rip in half rip into rip off rip on rip out of rip to rip up rip-roaring ripe ripe for ripe old age ripen into ripple ripple of excitement ripple of protest ripple through ripsnorter rise rise above rise against Rise and shine! rise from rise from the ashes rise from the dead rise from the ranks rise in rise to rise to feet rise to the bait rise to the challenge rise to the occasion rise to the top rise up risk risk life and limb risk neck risk of rain risk on rival in river rivet rivet attention rivet gaze on rivet on riveted to the ground			RISCS RISCT RISCU RISD RISD RISDA RISDE Risdon wire Risdon wire Risdon wire Risdon wiring technique Risdon's incision Risdon's incision Risdon's incision Risdon's incision RISDP rise rise rise rise rise rise rise Rise (album) Rise (album) Rise (album) Rise (album) Rise Above Rise Above Rise Above rise against Rise against the Apocalypse Rise agianst Rise aginst Rise and Fall Rise and fall of the roman empire rise and run Rise and shine! rise from rise from Rise from Below Rise from Ruins rise from the ashes rise from the ashes rise from the ashes rise from the ashes rise from the dead rise from the grave rise from the ranks rise from the ranks rise from the ranks rise from the ranks rise from the ranks Rise From Your Grave Rise If Possible rise in rise in arms rise in hostility before rise in value Rise Inside rise like a rocket

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