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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But Booker's stand-and-speak approach, when pitted against the wait-and-see, put the spotlight on Democratic unity, rather than merely on a Trump trip-up.
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
The two New Yorkers were pitted against one another over whether to help the GOP fund the government or risk a shutdown that Democrats would have no power to end.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2025
Instead, he's pitted against Rory McIlroy for a Monday morning, three-hole playoff to determine the winner of this signature tournament.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
Of course, all of this will be used as fodder for anti-DEI discourse, since it’s been set up to fail anyway, and assassinate the character and credibility of critical voices who have been pitted against each other in many ways in the startup and VC world.
—Allyson Kapin, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Avery Lotz, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
The two New Yorkers were pitted against one another over whether to help the GOP fund the government or risk a shutdown that Democrats would have no power to end.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2025
Instead, he's pitted against Rory McIlroy for a Monday morning, three-hole playoff to determine the winner of this signature tournament.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2025
Of course, all of this will be used as fodder for anti-DEI discourse, since it’s been set up to fail anyway, and assassinate the character and credibility of critical voices who have been pitted against each other in many ways in the startup and VC world.
—Allyson Kapin, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Pit against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pit%20against. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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