| bandy(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| battle(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| be in the running(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| bid(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| challenge(verb, play, fight, face, contest) |
| clash(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| collide(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| contest(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| cope with(expression, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| encounter(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| face(verb, play, fight, challenge, contest) |
| fence(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| go after(expression, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| go for the gold(expression, idiom, play, fight, challenge) |
| grapple(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| in the hunt(expression, idiom, play, fight, challenge) |
| jockey for position(expression, idiom, play, fight, challenge) |
| joust(verb, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| lock horns(expression, play, fight, challenge, face) |
| match wits(expression, play, fight, challenge, face) |