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met one's match

met one's match is the simple past and past participle 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 met one's match

What is met one's match the simple past and past participle of?
Met one's match is the simple past and past participle of meet one's match.

Words near met one's match in the dictionary

  1. met cute
  2. met halfway
  3. met mitzvah
  4. Met Office
  5. met one's maker
  6. met one's match
  7. met one's Waterloo
  8. met someone where they were
  9. met tet
  10. met up
  11. met with

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