Meanings
verbmeet one's match (third-person singular simple present meets one's match, present participle meeting one's match, simple past and past participle met one's match)
present singular third person meets one's match · participle present meeting one's match · participle past met one's match · past met one's match
- To be opposed by someone of comparable strength and ability to oneself; to be defeated by such an opponent.
After a long streak of victories, the tennis player may have met his match on Monday.
Translations
French trouver son maître, trouver à qui parler
- trouver son maîtrebe opposed by someone of comparable strength
- trouver à qui parlerbe opposed by someone of comparable strength
Hungarian emberére akad
- emberére akadbe opposed by someone of comparable strength
Italian trovare pane per i propri denti
- trovare pane per i propri dentibe opposed by someone of comparable strength
Spanish encontrar la horma de su zapato
- encontrar la horma de su zapatobe opposed by someone of comparable strength
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APA
meet one's match. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meet%20one's%20match
MLA
“meet one's match.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meet%20one's%20match. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “meet one's match,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/meet%20one's%20match.
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