match against

Meaning

1. 1

   match sb / sth against / with sb / sth

   to arrange for sb to compete in a game or competition against sb else

   We are matched against last year's champions in the first round.

2. 2

   match sth against sth

   to compare sth with sth else in order to find things that are the same or similar

   New information is matched against existing data in the computer.

In the movies · 4

• But we've got our big match against Jericho on Sunday.Bad Education2019
• You dare to match your powers against mine?Deconstructing Harry1997
• Well, as it's so funny, I think you'd better be selected to play for the boys' team, in the rugby match against the masters this afternoon.Monty Python's The Meaning of Life1983
• - I want you to drive him in re-match against Micky's horse.The Selfish Giant2013

Learn it in full scenes

• Bad Education2019
  • Frank Reassures an Angry Parent
  • Rachel Interviews School Officials
  • Bob Spicer Gives the School a Gift
• Deconstructing Harry1997
  • Lucy Confronts Harry About the Book
  • Lucy Pulls a Gun on Harry
  • Death Comes for Mendel Birnbaum

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• the man of the match
• mix and match
• match up
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