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

As my colleague Phillip Bailey reports, the 34-year-old democratic socialist's choices were pitted against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat, also from New York, in what will likely be viewed as a big and successful early test at establishing a new faction within the national party. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 24 June 2026

There is Knight's smarmy (and later apoplectic) Smails, of course, pitted against wisecracking new-money interloper Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield). — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026

With the deepfake storyline, for example, Stella (Greta Lee) and Alex’s different viewpoints are pitted against one another, reflecting the real world conversations people are having about AI’s use in society. — Matt Minton, Variety, 10 June 2026

But Prince had issues about being pitted against Michael like that. — Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 7 June 2026

Rhymes for pit against

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