упереться – English translation

balk; abut; come to (Anglophile); stop at (Anglophile); stubbornly refuse (Anglophile); refuse to budge (Anglophile); be stubborn; lean; prop (against); rest (against); set; stay; get back up; run into (напр., во впереди стоящую машину; источник dimock); give a push with; plant firmly (on or against); come up against; put one's foot down

Gruzovik

rest against (pf of упираться); lean against (pf of упираться); prop against (pf of упираться)

disappr.

strike an attitude

fig.

jib; dig in (SirReal)

fig., inf.

resist

Gruzovik, inf.

leave; move away; move off; come up against (pf of упираться); bump into an obstacle (pf of упираться); fix one's eyes on (pf of упираться)

Gruzovik, slang

take away (pf of упираться); take off (pf of упираться)

idiom.

put someone's foot down (vkhanin); dig one's heels in (напр., I wanted to go on holiday in June but my wife dug her heels in, so we went in July as usual – я хотел поехать в отпуск в июне, но жена уперлась и мы, как всегда, поехали в августе Maria Klavdieva); dig in one's heels

inf.

get caught up on (something); get held up on (something); get stuck on (натолкнуться на трудности to start experiencing difficulties; something); hit up against (something); run into (something); dig in one's heels; be held up (by); bump into (an obstacle); come up (against); filch; fix (one's eyes on); insist (on); move away; move off; pilfer; rest (on); stress

jarg.

go away; take off

Makarov.

get one's back up; lean against; dig one's toes in (воспротивиться); dig one's feet in (воспротивиться)

упереть v

gen.

place firmly (on or against); fix (one’s eyes on something); lay stress on; prop (against); rest (against); stay

Gruzovik