pit against

phrasal verb

pitted against; pitting against; pits against

: to cause (someone or something) to fight or compete against (another person or thing)

Tonight's game will pit Smith against Johnson for the championship.

The game requires you to pit your wits against the computer.

Examples of pit against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But in a game in which he was pitted against the other best German player of his generation, Florian Wirtz, Musiala was excellent. —Manuel Veth, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025

Lucas requested that he be pitted against a competitor with a similar level of experience for a single round, but remains open to lyrically sparring with elite battle rappers in the future. —Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 23 Jan. 2025

Personal and professional allegiance are often pitted against one another. —Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025

At various points, they were pitted against members of O-Town, a fraternity, and the cast of The Real World: New Orleans. —Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024

Rhymes for pit against

• recommenced
• recompensed
• commenced
• condensed
• dispensed
• expensed
• incensed
• unfenced
• fenced
• sensed
• tensed