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单词 pit against
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pit against

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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]

Words nearby pit against

piston rod, piston slap, pistou, pit, pita, pit against, pitahaya, Pitaka, pitanga, pitapat, Pitatus
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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