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What does uphill battle mean?

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Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A challenge with the odds of success stacked strongly against.
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Given the strong desires of those who wish to maintain the status quo, however, the plan faces an uphill battle before being adopted.
I'm trying to teach him not to do that, but he comes from a long line of verbose geeks on his father's side, and it's an uphill battle.
We found ourselves fighting an uphill battle after that and to be honest they won it at a canter at the end.
This, in a nutshell, summarizes the uphill battle of perception facing hedge funds.
Sanders and his team have faced an uphill battle in completing their project.
Cougars face an uphill battle as they struggle to rebuild confidence for Sunday's clash with Leigh.

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