Support and Work against

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Support verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Work against is an antonym for support.

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Support is an antonym for work against.

This seems to work against him when he gets into trouble and the teachers look for the headband to find him in a crowd, but then it's revealed that, in a show of support, all the other students are wear their belts as headbands as well, making finding him impossible.

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Work against and Support. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/support/work_against

Support & Work against. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/support/work_against>.

Work against or Support. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/support/work_against.

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