| match(oppose, play, challenge, struggle, contest) |
| pit(oppose, play, challenge, struggle, contest) |
| play off(oppose, play, challenge, struggle, contest) |
| buck(verb, oppose, play, challenge, contest) |
| challenge(oppose, play, struggle, contest, contend) |
| counter(oppose, play, challenge, struggle, contest) |
| go for(expression, oppose, play, challenge, struggle) |
| go for the gold(expression, oppose, play, challenge, struggle) |
| go for the jugular(oppose, play, challenge, struggle, contest) |
| going for broke(expression, idiom, counter) |
| jockey for position(oppose, play, challenge, struggle, contest) |
| play(oppose, challenge, struggle, contest, contend) |
| rival(oppose, play, challenge, struggle, contest) |
| scramble for(oppose, play, challenge, struggle, contest) |
| strive(oppose, play, challenge, struggle, contest) |
| vie(verb, compete) |