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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. set into opposition or rivalry;
- Example: "let them match their best athletes against ours"
- Example: "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"
- Example: "He plays his two children off against each other"
[syn: pit, oppose, match, play off]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

play off
    v 1: set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best
         athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the
         Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against
         each other" [syn: pit, oppose, match, play off]