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outrival
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pair(noun, balance, equal, equivalent, counterpart)
2
partake of(verb, expression, make, meet, agree)
2
participate in(expression, play, fight, challenge, face)
2
pit(consider, oppose, play, challenge, struggle)
2
pit oneself against(expression, idiom, play, fight, challenge)
2
refer
2
resist(verb, meet, oppose, fight, struggle)
2
rough
2
run abreast(verb, expression, make, meet, total)
2
run for(expression, play, fight, challenge, face)
2
scramble for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet, oppose)
2
scrapper(tough, competitor, participant, bodyguard, candidate)
2
seek prize(expression, play, fight, challenge, face)
2
spar(verb, play, fight, challenge, face)
2
stack up with(expression, idiom, outdo, emulate)
2
striving(adjective, opposing, ambitious, fireball, self-starting)
2
struggle against
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struggle with
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surpass(verb, repute)
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