small businesses are having to pit their wits against the giant companies

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• pit — pit1 [ pıt ] noun count ** ▸ 1 hole in ground ▸ 2 place for people/animals ▸ 3 seed in fruit ▸ 4 armpit ▸ 5 hollow mark on surface ▸ 6 extremely messy place ▸ 7 bad state ▸ 8 at the race track ▸ 9 something bad ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) a very large hole… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pit against — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pit against : present tense I/you/we/they pit against he/she/it pits against present participle pitting against past tense pitted against past participle pitted against 1) pit someone/something against… …   English dictionary