forgainst

forgainst
 other.— «Republicans need to answer to the families of the people serving in Iraq. The time for hedging is over. You can’t be what I call “forgainst it.”» —“N.H. Reps. Call on Senators to Help Change Course in Iraq” in New Hampshire Campaigns & Elections July 17, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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