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Phrase(s): compete against something
to struggle against something; to seem to be in a contest with something. • It was hard to be heard. I was competing against the noise of construction. • Please stop talking. I do not wish to compete against the audience when I lecture., Phrase(s): compete against someone
to contend against someone; to play against someone in a game or contest. • I don’t see how I can compete against all of them. • She refused to compete against her own brothers.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs