he has met his match
1match — match1 [ mætʃ ] noun *** ▸ 1 stick for making fire ▸ 2 combination/attractive ▸ 3 when people compete ▸ 4 something that looks the same ▸ 5 marriage/partner ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a small stick that produces a flame when rubbed against a rough… …
2match — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 (esp. BrE) in sports ADJECTIVE ▪ boxing (BrE, AmE), chess (BrE, AmE), football (BrE), rugby (BrE), soccer (usually football match in BrE and soccer game in AmE …
3Match.com — The US match.com homepage on March 14, 2008 URL match.com …
4match — match1 W3S3 [mætʃ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(game)¦ 2¦(fire)¦ 3¦(colours/patterns)¦ 4¦(good opponent)¦ 5 shouting match 6¦(marriage)¦ 7¦(suitability)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1, 3 7; Origin: Old English mAcca] [ …
5match — [[t]mæ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦ matches, matching, matched 1) N COUNT A match is an organized game of football, tennis, cricket, or some other sport. [mainly BRIT] He was watching a football match... France won the match 28 19. Syn: game 2) N COUNT A match is a …
6meet one's match — {v. phr.} To encounter someone as good as oneself. * /The champion finally met his match and lost the game./ …
7meet one's match — {v. phr.} To encounter someone as good as oneself. * /The champion finally met his match and lost the game./ …
8Matchmaker (How I Met Your Mother) — Matchmaker How I Met Your Mother episode Episode no. Season 1 Episode 7 Directed by Pamela Fryman Written by …
9A Mad Couple Well-Match'd — is a Caroline era stage play, a comedy written by Richard Brome. It was first published in the 1653 Brome collection Five New Plays , issued by the booksellers Humphrey Moseley, Richard Marriot, and Thomas Dring.Date and performanceHard evidence… …
10A Match at Midnight — is a Jacobean era stage play first printed in 1633, a comedy that represents a stubborn and persistent authorship problem in English Renaissance drama. [Stephen Blase Young, ed., A Critical Old Spelling Edition of A Match at Midnight, New York,… …
