butt against

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner le fait de pousser ou de frapper quelque chose avec la tête ou les cornes, ou, au sens figuré, pour désigner une confrontation avec une résistance ou une opposition.

A phrasal verb used to indicate pushing or striking against something with the head or horns, or figuratively, to encounter resistance or opposition.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. To push or strike againstinformal

   To push or hit something with the head or horns, like an animal.

   donner un coup de tête

   • The goat butted against the fence trying to escape.
   • He butted against the door with his shoulder to open it.
   • The ram butted against the tree repeatedly.

   Synonymesbuntbuttgoreram

2. To confront or opposeinformal

   To come into conflict or opposition with something or someone.

   se heurter à, s'opposer à

   • His ideas butted against the company's strict policies.
   • She butted against the rules of the institution.
   • The new proposal butted against established traditions.

   Synonymeschallengeconfrontdefyfaceopposeresistwithstand

   Antonymesaidassistbackendorsefavorhelpsidesupport

Verbe de basebutt