pitch against

pitch against
phrasal verb [transitive, often passive]
Word forms "pitch against":
present tense I/you/we/they pitch against he/she/it pitches against present participle pitching against past tense pitched against past participle pitched against informal
pitch someone against someone to make someone fight or compete against someone else

He was pitched against Kennedy in the battle for the party leadership.


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