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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His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart, hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
In contrast to the North-South fault line that often characterized the politics of global trade in the past, in both the cases of fishery subsidies and the agreement pertaining to foreign investment, developing countries have been pitted against one another.
—Kristen Hopewell, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2024
But Fox will still have to make it out of her Aug. 20 Democratic primary in which she will be pitted against several other Democrats who want to take Luna down in the district.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
Because the viewing public needs easily digestible narratives, during the year or so in which Reese has blossomed into a household name, she has been pitted against Clark as the antihero.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
In contrast to the North-South fault line that often characterized the politics of global trade in the past, in both the cases of fishery subsidies and the agreement pertaining to foreign investment, developing countries have been pitted against one another.
—Kristen Hopewell, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2024
But Fox will still have to make it out of her Aug. 20 Democratic primary in which she will be pitted against several other Democrats who want to take Luna down in the district.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
Because the viewing public needs easily digestible narratives, during the year or so in which Reese has blossomed into a household name, she has been pitted against Clark as the antihero.
—Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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“Pit against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pit%20against. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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