if you pit your skills, knowledge, or ability against someone, you use all your skill in order to deal successfully or compete with them
to make someone compete or fight against someone or something else
Coach Fox finds his team pitted against a team coached by his longtime friend and mentor.
Small businesses are having to pit their wits against the giant companies.
pits against
pitting against
pitted against
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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