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be a match for

VERB

touch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

approach come to

STRONG

amount equal match meet parallel rival tie

WEAK

be in the same league be on a par come near come up to hold a candle to measure up partake of verge on

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Tournament debutants Kairat finished bottom of the 36-team table with just one point from their eight matches and were never going to be a match for the Premier League leaders.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

His scoring and finishing can be a match for anyone on its day, but Searle isn't sure whether "his face fits" in the Premier League.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Anne Heche was set to be removed from life support Sunday after a recipient was found to be a match for an organ donation, a representative for the actress said.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2022

Wimbush thought she might be a match for Ellis’s husband, and — incredibly — she thought Ellis could be a match for her husband.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021

At the rate I was going, I’d be a match for the circus muscle man by evening.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

be a match for

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