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.

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The show begins with 80 black spoons and 20 white spoons pitted against each other in an escalating series of tasks. —

Karen Yuan, Bon Appétit, 18 Dec. 2024 Clark and Reese were pitted against each other as rivals, a narrative that has carried over to the WNBA. —

Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024 That was true for Trump in poll after poll, whether pitted against President Biden or Harris. —

Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024 In the video above, the Radeon 780M is pitted against the Radeon 890M. When both processors are restricted to 20W, the Radeon 890M is up to 37% faster than the Radeon 780M in the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. —

Jason Evangelho, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pit against