Against
Against preposition - In or into contact with.
To the extent of and against are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To the extent of" with "Against", this terms are similar.
To the extent of
Against and to the extent of are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Against" with "To the extent of", this terms are similar.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- near and against
- near and to the extent of
- toward and against
- toward and to the extent of
- contra and against
- contra and to the extent of
- facing and against
- facing and to the extent of
- notwithstanding and against
- notwithstanding and to the extent of
- despite and against
- despite and to the extent of
- close to and against
- close to and to the extent of
Both terms in one sentence
- The only situation consistently having it happen is his "fights" against Dark Avenger, to the extent of becoming a Running Gag.
Source: Invincible Incompetent -
Always polite, even to the extent of giving the protagonist a lift to the train station when he no longer has a contract against him.
Source: Professional Killer - Lensman. When Kinnison infiltrates the Boskone hierarchy, the Arisians (unknown to him) adapt his cover even to the extent of correctly aging the ink on all the documents, knowing that he'll actually be up against their own evil counterparts, the Eddorians.
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