pit sb/sth against sb/sth
— Phrasal Verb with pit /pɪt/ verb (present participle pitting, past tense and past participle pitted)Definition
› to make someone or something compete against someone or something else: Chelsea will be pitted against Manchester United in the fourth round of the tournament.
(Definition of pit sb/sth against sb/sth from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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