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align against someone/something collocation formal(alsoalign someone/something against someone/something) to join a person or group in opposing another person, group, or thing: A loose coalition of politicians and students aligned against the government. She has been on the counterattack against the forces she sees aligned against her. He has rejected the rhetoric around patriotism and war, and aligns himself against the military-industrial complex. See
align With such powerful forces aligned against it, the project was quietly shelved. The biggest industry in the state aligned against him and donated heavily to his opponent. By aligning himself with consumers against the producers he is taking a gamble. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Creating alliances affiliate align alliance ally ally yourself to/with someone associate associate with someone attach attach something to something cosiness force go go in on something hobnob integrate join network networking pair up pairing |