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.

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Reigning world champion Raikkonen was again out in front, leaving Hamilton acutely aware he could face an uphill struggle. Hamilton left struggling to reign in Spain by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) While Westwood was "fairly irritated" with a five-under-par 66 which threatened to be so much better, Clarke's two over par 73 left him facing an uphill struggle to avoid missing a sixth halfway cut in succession. Golf: Westwood hits form by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) I want to repay the faith that he and the club have shown in me but at this moment, it's an uphill struggle," he admitted. Laursen: My debt to boss; VILLA NEWS by Birmingham Mail (England)			An empty sack cannot stand upright an end in itself an enfant terrible An Englishman's home is his castle an even break An eye for an eye an Indian summer an inside job an iron fist in a velvet glove an iron man an ivory tower an old chestnut an old flame an old hand an old head on young shoulders an old maid an old wives' tale an open book an open marriage an open sesame an own goal an ugly duckling an Uncle Tom an unknown quantity an uphill battle an uphill struggle ancient history and and a half and all that jazz and change and hang the cost and how And how! and no messing and one for luck and so forth and that's a fact and then some and this and that and those and to spare angel anger angle angle for angle off angry animal ankle annex to			An Taoiseach An Taoiseach An Teallach Mountaineering Club An Teanga Mharthanach An tInbhear Mór an to be reckoned an to be reckoned an to end all an to end all an to end all an to end all an to reckon an to reckon An tOireachtas An tóraighe An Transactivation Function 2 AN Tupolev an turn of phrase an turn of phrase an turn of phrase An Uaimh an ugly duckling an Uncle Tom An Unearthly Child an unknown quantity An Unusual Political Alliance An Unusual Political Alliance an uphill battle an uphill fight an uphill job an uphill struggle an uphill task An X Editor An XMM An Yang An Yang An Yu AN ZSSR an' an' an' an' an' An't an- an- AN-BP An-ch'ing An-ch'ing An-hui An-hui An-hwei An-hwei An-Najah National University AN-P AN-R An-shan An-shan An-t'ing AN-TNT slurry An-yang

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uphill battle (redirected from an uphill struggle)

uphill battle
(redirected from an uphill struggle)