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pitted one's wits

pitted one's wits is the simple past and past participle 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 pitted one's wits

What is pitted one's wits the simple past and past participle of?
Pitted one's wits is the simple past and past participle of pit one's wits.

Words near pitted one's wits in the dictionary

  1. Pittards
  2. pittas
  3. Pittaway
  4. pitted
  5. pitted against
  6. pitted one's wits
  7. pitted out
  8. pitted tubeshoulder
  9. pitted tubeshoulders
  10. pitted-shelled turtle
  11. pitted-shelled turtles

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