What does uphill battle mean?

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up·hill bat·tle

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  1. uphill battlenoun

    A challenge with the odds of success stacked strongly against.

Wikidata

  1. Uphill Battle

    Uphill Battle was an American metalcore band with elements of grindcore. The group was based out of Santa Barbara, California, USA.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of uphill battle in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of uphill battle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of uphill battle in a Sentence

  1. Gene Kimmelman:

    I thought (opposing the merger) was an uphill battle and a real long shot.

  2. Kiryl Sukhotski:

    We need to get to the wider audience in Russia, we see a lot of people indoctrinated by Russian state propaganda … it will be an uphill battle but this is where we shape our strategy.

  3. Carlos Daniel Coradi:

    Trabuco did a great job trumping the rivals that traditionally took the industry's hallmark deals with them, but the task of integrating HSBC Brazil into Bradesco's platform looks to me like an uphill battle.

  4. Teryl Austin:

    It’s tough when you’re going into a job, and (people) go, ‘This guy is a favorite for a job’ and before you ever walk into an interview, you’re fighting an uphill battle, that’s something that has to change.

  5. Katherine Raymond:

    They did another biopsy then and determined it was myoepithelial carcinoma, an extremely rare cancer thats very serious, its extremely uncommon in children. When we were told about Fionahs condition, doctors said it was very rare and she would be facing an uphill battle. They told us she would need chemo, radiation and more surgery. They told us she might not live to see her first birthday which devastated us.

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