(idiomatic) To kick back (of an animal etc.) against being goaded. / (idiomatic, figuratively) To struggle against one's fate.

(idiomatic) A situation in which something must be done hurriedly, before a deadline.

A group or organisation weakened by internal dissent will not remain united.

(transitive, idiomatic) To function as a liability (for someone); to put into a condition of disadvantage. / (transitive, idiomatic) To serve as evidence which casts doubt upon.

Unequivocally and intransigently opposed to.

(idiomatic) In a very difficult position.

plural of rule against perpetuities

(law, singular only) The rule that prevents a testator or other transferor of property from controlling further transfer of his property more than twenty-one years after the death of anyone alive at the time of the original transfer who may have some interest in the transfer.

(now rare) To be unfavourable to; to work against.

(figuratively) To discover or find something by accident. / (figuratively) To meet somebody by chance.