pit one's wits

English

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 with 'against') To engage in a test of mental skill.
    We must pit our wits against our enemy and find a way to defeat him.
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