Sentences with phrase «buck up against»

Razer has some fairly well - established systems to buck up against — it'll be great to have another system in the mix to put the fire under the feet of the other two.

Ian Holm plays a morally ambiguous lawyer who comes to town with hopes of lawsuit gold, only to buck up against the various townsfolk and their various secrets.

The truths contained in the Bible are constantly bucking up against the cultures of its day and the cultures of this day.

For the first couple of years my afternoon fade into crankiness bucked up against her «How can you waste perfectly good day time,» plea.

Not exact matches

At some point in the Olympics, a legitimate NBA star will find himself matched up against a dude who was drafted No. 49 overall by the Bucks in 2008.

If we're not careful in as much as bucking up our ideas we can say goodbye to CL competition for a consecutive season, we could kiss bye to st. totteringham's day and come up short against the spuds in several competitions played at wembley or at home.

Miami got this spot by outlasting the Raptors in overtime and watching the Bucks decide not to show up against the 76ers.

The Bucks have big games coming up in the next seven days, with matchups against the Wizards, Pacers and

Against Ole Miss, Woods was the Wildcats» holler guy during a cold stretch, bucking up his teammates with assurances that their shots would drop if only they showed patience — «leading like a fifth - year senior should,» in the words of sophomore guard Gilbert Arenas.

Milwaukee Bucks (33 — 26) The Bucks have big games coming up in the next seven days, with matchups against the Wizards, Pacers and 76ers all on the docket.

This is the main reason that Catholic bishops pay big bucks to lobby against lifting the civil statute of limitations.They want their secrets and crimes of cover up to stay hidden because they could possibly land themselves in jail.

When asked about times they had bucked their respective parties, Weprin said he had spoken out publicly against Obama's stance that Israel go back to its pre-1967 borders as part of the Middle East peace process and that he stood up to Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D - Manhattan) on term limits and congestion pricing.

Elected officials earning a «thumbs up» designation included U.S. Reps. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) and John Faso (R - Kinderhook) for bucking their party and voting against the Republican - backed Ozone Standards Implementation Act, legislation that would delay federal rules designed to curb smog.

The Queens leader, Roskoff charged, is angry that some in his county have bucked his organization in favor of the progressive bloc and has threatened to put up primary challenges even against councilmembers from other boroughs.

This past election Naked Juice who claims to be organic and all natural put up big bucks (about $ 2 million) against Prop 37 in California.

Mr. Grits (Craig Robinson) rails against the crackers who done him wrong, The villain of the piece is a douche, literally, and Frank's best friend, Barry (Michael Cera), bemoans his short stature, only to be bucked up by Frank with the cheery reminder that it's girth, not length, that counts when it comes to filling a bun.

Check out Cars.com's $ 30,000 Cheap Speed Challenge, where we teamed up with USA Today and «MotorWeek,» pitting eight affordable performance - oriented cars against one another to determine the biggest bang for your buck.

We held it up against the American Express AeroplanPlus Gold Card to see which of these two cards, with similar annual fees, but vastly different purchase interest rates, offers the best bang for your travel buck.

Each one pits a lone hero against the forces of Dracula, but the latest entry in the series, Portrait of Ruin, bucks that trend by teaming you up with a magical young girl.

There are lots of interesting questions about this proposal, just one of which is whether and how they'd attempt to keep grads up north, against the pull of big city bucks.

The Moto E offers plenty of bang for your buck and progresses the series forward enough to see it stand up and, often, stand out against its nearest competitors.

Five - hundred bucks spent up - front on a stringent home inspection that reveals undisclosed unknowns of a negative nature is a really, really, super-duper well - spent insurance premium against future heartache and financial distress.