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.

Examples of pit against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There was always something odd about a fitness test being set forth by the President, invariably an aging man who would lose miserably in his own competition if pitted against, for example, me. —Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025

David's ethics and ambition are pitted against each other as his soul — and Kyle's life — hang in the balance. —Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025

And so the economy of trust fractures Cybersecurity has always been an arms race, red team versus pitted against blue team. —Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025

That sparks a powder keg as neighbors are pitted against each other in this New Mexico pueblo. —Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

Rhymes for pit against

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