run up against

If so, that's almost a year since the campaign ran up against a nasty surprise from China's dairy industry.

Eg. Although he ran up against many difficulties, he did not lose heart.

They determined that what could have been easy and rapid finally ran up against the time limit set by Heaven.

"I ran up against it today, but overall I feel like a played well, especially considering where I was three weeks ago, " Roddick said.

It ran up against the reality that it would clearly separate South Vietnam into two areas of control.

The tourist ran up against a snag in the form of a lost passport.

Whenever he ran up against difficulties, they all gave him encouragement .

But when they reached school age, her yearning to help ran up against a brick wall.

As soon as she left university, she ran up against an unyielding wall of prejudice.

When I travelled to Italy, to my great surprise, I ran up against my former classmate.

In the dark he ran up against a big tree.

The firm ran up against strong competition.

He ran up against trouble in his new job.

But then, one day, someone ran up against a problem.

We ran up against a lot of technical problems, and we had to make several design modifications.

Mike's car ran up against a tree yesterday.

I ran up against Bill in the market.