operate against

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operate against someone or something

to work against someone or something; to have a negative effect on someone or something. All of this operates against our idea affixing the garage up as a family room. The new vacation policy operates against my plan to take all of July off.

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Militant bomb attacks have surged in Peshawar as Pakistan troops operate against the Taliban in the surrounding tribal belt, including a major air and ground offensive designed to flush out their stronghold in South Waziristan. Pakistan bomb targets police, three wounded by AFP / AFP South Asian Edition Ajax should get more room to operate against Anderlecht, who will be under pressure to adopt a positive approach in front of their home fans. Jol should take no chances on selection; EUROPA LEAGUE by The Racing Post (London, England) We should think whether it will be right to operate against Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and Jaish-e-Muhammad to create enmities in the country. Strict conditions put on Pakistan in Kerry-Lugar Bill: Expert by Balochistan Times (Baluchistan Province, Pakistan)			open into open kimono open mind open mouth open old wounds open on open oneself to criticism open out open Pandora's box open season open secret open some doors open the door to open the floodgates open the way for open to open to criticism open to question open up open up to open with open-and-shut case open-ended opening gambit operate operate against operate from operate on opinion opportunity Opportunity knocks but once Opportunity makes a thief oppose opposed to opposite opposite sex opt opt for opt in opt in favor of opt out or else or other or words to that effect orange orbit ordain order order about order from order in			operant conditioning operant conditioning operant conditioning operant conditioning Operant conditioning chamber Operant conditioning chamber Operant hoarding Operant hoarding Operant hoarding Operant learning Operant learning Operant learning operant level operantly operantly operants operants Operas Operas Operas Operas operas serias Operasi Pasar Khusus Operasi Yustisi Kependudukan Operasionele Navorsingsvereniging Van Suid-Afrika operate operate operate operate operate operate against Operate At Standard Idle Speeds operate from Operate in the Red operate jointly operate on operate on operate time Operate to Failure operated operated operated operated Operated By Others operated cleft operated cleft operated cleft operated cleft Operated in the Red operates operates operates operates Operates in the Red Opérateurs Culturels en Réseau operatic operatic operatic operatic operatic star operatically

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