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meeting one's match

meeting one's match is the present participle and gerund of meet one's match.

Meaning of meet one's match

Verb

meet one's match (third-person singular simple present meets one's match, present participle meeting one's match, simple past and past participle met one's match)

  1. To be opposed by someone of comparable strength and ability to oneself; to be defeated by such an opponent.
    • After a long streak of victories, the tennis player may have met his match on Monday.

Questions about meeting one's match

What is meeting one's match the present participle and gerund of?
Meeting one's match is the present participle and gerund of meet one's match.

Words near meeting one's match in the dictionary

  1. Meeting Lake
  2. meeting of minds
  3. meeting of the mindless
  4. meeting of the minds
  5. meeting one's maker
  6. meeting one's match
  7. meeting one's Waterloo
  8. meeting place
  9. meeting places
  10. meeting recovery syndrome
  11. meeting room

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