| throw down the gauntlet(verb, expression, idiom, get, oppose) |
| try(verb, get, dispute, provoke, demand) |
| vindicate(verb, get, dispute, provoke, demand) |
| buck(verb, oppose, fight, challenge, face) |
| challenge(verb, oppose, fight, dispute, question) |
| claim(verb, get, dispute, provoke, demand) |
| go eyeball to eyeball with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, oppose) |
| go one on one with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, oppose) |
| go toe to toe with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, oppose) |
| go up against(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, oppose) |
| take on(verb, expression, oppose, fight, challenge) |
| asked for(expression, dispute, demand, claim, question) |
| attack(verb, oppose, fight, face, confront) |
| battle(verb, oppose, fight, face, confront) |
| beg for(verb, expression, provoke, demand, request) |
| bring on(verb, expression, provoke, demand, request) |
| bring to pass(verb, expression, idiom, provoke, demand) |
| compete(verb, oppose, fight, face, confront) |
| contend(verb, oppose, fight, face, confront) |
| contest(verb, oppose, fight, face, confront) |