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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Personal and professional allegiance are often pitted against one another.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
At various points, they were pitted against members of O-Town, a fraternity, and the cast of The Real World: New Orleans.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
That proved to be a tall task in a city known for jazz, with a long roster of skillful players he’d be pitted against in auditions.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
Grande and Erivo may also not have wanted to be pitted against each other.
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
At various points, they were pitted against members of O-Town, a fraternity, and the cast of The Real World: New Orleans.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2024
That proved to be a tall task in a city known for jazz, with a long roster of skillful players he’d be pitted against in auditions.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2025
Grande and Erivo may also not have wanted to be pitted against each other.
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pit against
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“Pit against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pit%20against. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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