Work against/for someone meaning
Work against/for someone is a phrasal verb that means to make it easier or harder for a person to achieve a result.
- Past simple
- worked against/
for someone - Past participle
- worked against/
for someone - -ing form
- working against/
for someone
What work against/for someone means
B2
To make it easier or harder for a person to achieve a result
The lack of experience may work against her.
Similar phrasal verbs
With work: work out, work at, work off, work on, work over, work through, work up, work up to.
With against: go against, insure against, set someone against someone, take against, tell against.
Common questions
What does work against/for someone mean?
To make it easier or harder for a person to achieve a result.
What is the past tense of work against/for someone?
Worked against/for someone, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
