to pit
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5.3
- verb
- /pɪt/
:
enfrentar a
- They want to pit one group of people against another.
- pit one against another
- pits interests against
- pit the government
It, it almost the entire system that pits one parent against the other.
- It, it almost the entire system that pits one parent against the other.
- They want to pit one group of people against another.
- Of course they, but not on the basis of being white women, again, especially when they are pitted against black folk.
- But I would also argue that we need in this country an industrial policy for good jobs with living wages and one should not be pitted against the other.
- Does this method work for large groups that are pitted against one another or does it work strictly on a person to person level?
- He, he, he pitted US against each other.
- Narcissists also used triangulation to create confusion, pitting people against each other, spreading gossip and secrets and smear campaigns.
- Rather, the way you arrive at truth as a society is you pit the prejudice against each other.
Examples
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The strategist aimed to pit the rival companies against one another to gain a competitive advantage.
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Politicians not only pit lower economic classes against each other, but racial groups as well.
Academic text (1993) -
Well, you have to pit things against each other.
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Government ministers want to pit public sector workers against private sector workers, but it's all smoke and mirrors.
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Rather, the way you arrive at truth as a society is you pit the prejudice against each other.
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Such a challenge would pit the libertarian tradition against the values of the two other traditions.
Academic text (2017) -
How could she, when circumstance had pitted them against each other from the start?
Fiction book (1995) -
The Central Plains War, as it is known, pits Guamintang forces against their former warlord allies.
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Moscow's diplomatic strategy of pitting the interests of key NATO capitals against one another had failed.
Academic text (1990) -
The mismatch between the location of fish and the rules for catching them has pitted recreational fishermen against commercial ones.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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6.1
Make people or groups compete against each other
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6.3
To make one person or group compete with another to gain an advantage
Make two people or groups compete to get an advantage for yourself
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A strong, muscular dog breed from the United States with a short coat and high energy
- Specialized
1
8.6
A shelter dug partly into the ground with a roof to live in or keep animals
- Specialized
1
9.9
A metal sphere with plutonium that starts a nuclear explosion when squeezed by explosives
- Specialized
A loose mix of small stones and sand taken from a gravel pit and used as is
How Opposed
Surface Forms
Etymology
To pit someone against another comes from putting people or animals into a fighting 'pit' to compete, so to pit A against B is to set them in direct rivalry.