to pit against each other

Examples

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• Teams are pitted against each other to capture, fortify, and resupply bases to win.

  Blog text (18)

• Use A/B testing to pit two alternatives against each other to choose the best.

  Blog text (28)

• Instead, give your characters something to do that pits them against each other or gets in their way.

  Blog text (21)

• What if the school saw how they pitted two teachers against each other?

  Fist Fight (2017)

• Politicians not only pit lower economic classes against each other, but racial groups as well.

  Academic text (1993)

• Often teams of gladiators were pitted against each other.

  Green Street Hooligans 2 (2009)

• But it's a false choice that pits the two against each other.

  Blog text (34)

• The civil war pitted Islamist groups against the government and each other.

  Blog text (4)

• In most cases, the parties that are pitted against each other had formerly been engaged in a contractual relationship.

  Academic text (1992)

• The Cold War divided the region further by pitting countries against each other in a global chess game between the superpowers.

  Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

P

to pit

vsto pit against each other

74 5.3

To put one person or group against another

causes competition or conflict rather than arranging opposition directly

P

to play one against another

vsto pit against each other

7.6

Make two people or groups compete to get an advantage for yourself

causes competition without seeking personal advantage

C

to create friction

vsto pit against each other

4.6

To cause disagreement between people or groups

causes active competition or conflict rather than mild tension

Antonyms

C

to cooperate

543 3.3

To work together with other people to reach the same goal

A

to ally

45 3.6

To join with a person, group, or country for a common purpose

How Opposed

to incite

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72 7.7

to pit against each other

10 6.1

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