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The phrase "pressed up" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where something is being pressed against another object or when referring to a situation where someone is feeling pressured or stressed.
Example: "The crowd was so dense that we were all pressed up against the walls of the subway station."
Alternatives: "squeezed against" or "pushed up against."
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Three… each button on the test models are pressed up to one million times.
You aren't pressed up against strangers' bottoms.
She has it pressed up right against her nose.
We pressed up 500 copies and 480 people threw it in the bin".
My legs are crossed and pressed up towards my lower back.
She edged toward her right, her back pressed up against the car.
The folks outside waiting for a table literally have their noses pressed up to the glass.
Janice hung them around his neck; the nozzles pressed up into his nose.
"We just pressed up against the glass and watched the rounds hit," he said.
Crowds pressed up against the windows of Brady's gallery to stare.
"From my knee to my shoulder, this guy was pressed up against me," he recalled.
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