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pits one's wits

pits one's wits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pit one's wits.

Meaning of pit one's wits

Verb

pit one's wits (third-person singular simple present pits one's wits, present participle pitting one's wits, simple past and past participle pitted one's wits)

  1. (often) To engage in a test of mental skill.
    • We must pit our wits against our enemy and find a way to defeat him.

Questions about pits one's wits

What is pits one's wits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pits one's wits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pit one's wits.

Words near pits one's wits in the dictionary

  1. pits
  2. pits against
  3. pits of despair
  4. pits of stomachs
  5. pits of the stomach
  6. pits one's wits
  7. pits out
  8. pitsaw
  9. pitsaws
  10. Pitsch
  11. Pitsea

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