meet your match

meet your match
Meet your match
If you meet your match, you meet a person who is at least as good if not better than you are at something.

The small dictionary of idiomes. 2014.

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  • meet your match — phrase to be in a situation in which your opponent is as good as you or better Realizing he had met his match, Wong surrendered. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym Main entry: match …   Useful english dictionary

  • meet your match — meet (your) match to find someone equal to you in some way. Martina finally met her match on the tennis court today and lost, three sets to two …   New idioms dictionary

  • meet your match —    If you meet your match, you meet a person who is at least as good if not better than you are at something.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Meet your match —   If you meet your match, you meet a person who is at least as good if not better than you are at something …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • meet your match (in somebody) — find/meet your ˈmatch (in sb) idiom to meet sb who is equal to, or even better than you in strength, skill or intelligence • He thought he could beat anyone at chess but he s met his match in Peter. Main entry: ↑matchidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • meet your match — to be in a situation in which your opponent is as good as you or better Realizing he had met his match, Wong surrendered …   English dictionary

  • find your match (in somebody) — find/meet your ˈmatch (in sb) idiom to meet sb who is equal to, or even better than you in strength, skill or intelligence • He thought he could beat anyone at chess but he s met his match in Peter. Main entry: ↑matchidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • meet match — meet (your) match to find someone equal to you in some way. Martina finally met her match on the tennis court today and lost, three sets to two …   New idioms dictionary

  • meet — meet1 W1S1 [mi:t] v past tense and past participle met [met] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(see somebody at an arranged place)¦ 2¦(see somebody by chance)¦ 3¦(see somebody for the first time)¦ 4¦(see somebody at an airport/station etc)¦ 5¦(come together to discuss… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • meet — [[t]mi͟ːt[/t]] ♦ meets, meeting, met 1) V RECIP If you meet someone, you happen to be in the same place as them and start talking to them. You may know the other person, but be surprised to see them, or you may not know them at all. [V n] I have… …   English dictionary

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