pit against

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

The conflict pitted against each other the two political blocs that would define Israel. — CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

In the pic, McCarthy plays Jim, a NASA interrogator who is pitted against Apollo (Van Acker), an amnesiac astronaut whose recent space mission has ended catastrophically. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026

Two ingredients dominate every aging skin conversation right now, and they are constantly pitted against each other on shelves, in ads and across social feeds. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

With host Alex Cooper, Thorne discussed her Disney Channel days, saying she and Zendaya had been pitted against each other while co-starring as best friends on Shake It Up. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for pit against

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