meet one's match
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Encounter someone equal in ability to oneself, as in The chess champion was about to meet his match in a computer. This expression originated about 1300 as find one's match, but the alliterative meet was being used by the mid-1500s and has survived.
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Words nearby meet one's match
meeting house, meeting of the minds, meeting post, meeting rail, meetly, meet one's match, meet one's Waterloo, meet the requirements, meetup, meet up with, meet with
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