uphill struggle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofuphillandstruggle
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uphill
adjective
adverb
uk/ˌʌpˈhɪl/us/ˌʌpˈhɪl/
leading to a higher place on ...
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struggle
noun[C]
uk/ˈstrʌɡ.əl/us/ˈstrʌɡ.əl/
a very difficult task that you can do only by making a ...
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(Definition ofuphillandstrugglefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Without this development the composing curriculum will continue to be anuphillstruggle.
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Democracy may have to fight anuphillstruggleto achieve even modest gains.
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It is interesting that each of them pays some respect to theuphillstruggleto achieve a completely naturalistic, physicalist account of consciousness.
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It is anuphillstruggleto meet the rising tide of expectation for health care.
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I come from a country which, in its mining population, has had a longuphillstruggle.
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All that meant that we were facing anuphillstruggle.
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Without public trust in the management of the economy, any rebuilt political and institutional structure will have anuphillstrugglefor credibility.
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It is going to have a veryuphillstruggle.
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But anyone who seeks to challenge as unlawful the content of a non-statutory ex-gratia compensation scheme faces anuphillstruggle.
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However, unless they are given the resources that are needed, they will be facing anuphillstruggle because of the increasing demands on police resources.
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There has been a longuphillstruggleto change the present laws.
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Anyone who has been in court arguing against the police will have come away with the impression that it was anuphillstruggle.
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It is going to be an increasinglyuphillstruggle.
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The children concerned face anuphillstruggleto realise their potential, and many never do so.
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He will have anuphillstrugglein trying to tackle that problem.
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It would be an extremely difficult,uphillstruggleto persuade the other 11 member states to accept measures of the kind which we presently adopt.
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Whatever we make of the statistics, the children involved face anuphillstruggle.
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Workers face anuphillstruggleto win justice for themselves.
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This affects their capacity to provide comprehensive services of first-class quality and makes the provision of developing services anuphillstruggle.
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