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uphill battle

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uphill battle and uphill struggle
Fig. a hard struggle. Convincing the senator to see our point of view was an uphill battle, but we finally succeeded.
See also: battle, uphill


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Students who experience difficulty learning to read during their early years in school struggle in class and often fall behind their classmates and, unfortunately many times, have an uphill battle to catch up with their peers.
Theirs can at best be described as an uphill battle, trying to contain multiple wildfires fueled by hot, hurricane-force winds.
It will be an uphill battle, but if we are to take back our Republic, we must do it one village, one town, and one county at a time.
 
 
 
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