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 sport involves two male crickets, which are pitted against each other in a small arena to fight until one either flees or is injured/killed.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
What it’s set up is that these men, and also Serena Joy [Yvonne Strahovski] sometimes, have created this place where women are pit against each other: The Aunts, the Kana women, the Handmaids, the Wives, the people who were sent to the Colonies, the Jezebels.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
The controversy can also be seen as the manifestation of what has already been a contentious legislative session in Florida that has seen the governor pitted against state House Republicans.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
As Cannon explained, to determine which three of the four remaining contestants would go on to the finale, the episode would feature a head-to-head format, where Boogie Woogie had to battle against Pearl, and Mad Scientist Monster was pit against Coral.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 1 May 2025
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
What it’s set up is that these men, and also Serena Joy [Yvonne Strahovski] sometimes, have created this place where women are pit against each other: The Aunts, the Kana women, the Handmaids, the Wives, the people who were sent to the Colonies, the Jezebels.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025
The controversy can also be seen as the manifestation of what has already been a contentious legislative session in Florida that has seen the governor pitted against state House Republicans.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
As Cannon explained, to determine which three of the four remaining contestants would go on to the finale, the episode would feature a head-to-head format, where Boogie Woogie had to battle against Pearl, and Mad Scientist Monster was pit against Coral.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 1 May 2025
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“Pit against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pit%20against. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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