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pit against
Idioms and Phrases
Set in direct opposition or competition, as in The civil war pitted brother against brother . This idiom alludes to setting fighting cocks or dogs against one another in a pit. [Mid-1700s]Example Sentences
And all the devils in hell—all the sharia law you pit against us—will not defeat us.
I haven't sufficient brains to pit against those cunning devils.
In doing this the men managed occasionally to pit against each other men who had a grudge to settle.
You are alone then with nothing but your own feeble personality to pit against the mighty principalities and powers of darkness.
He little dreamed of the courage, strength and power she could pit against him.
Here I have Clarke on my side, who is a judge that I will pit against any of you.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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