over against

English

Preposition

over against

1. In comparison to.
   • 1984, The Holy Bible, New International Version, Zondervan, →ISBN, 1 Corinthians 4:6:

     Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over,‎ against.
   • 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXVII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 272:

     Then he took his place over against the wall.