| meet(verb, take, oppose, play, allow) |
| mock(verb, oppose, provoke, challenge, resist) |
| muster courage(verb, expression, oppose, provoke, challenge) |
| oppose(verb, take, meet, play, allow) |
| outdare(verb, oppose, provoke, challenge, resist) |
| pitch into(verb, expression, attack, accept, try) |
| provoke |
| put on gloves(verb, expression, idiom, fight, defend) |
| put up dukes(verb, expression, idiom, fight, defend) |
| quarrel(verb, fight, defend, contend) |
| repel(verb, fight, defend, contend, compete) |
| resist(verb, take, meet, oppose, play) |
| risk(verb, take, meet, oppose, play) |
| rival(verb, fight, defend, contend, compete) |
| row(verb, fight, defend, contend) |
| rumpus(verb, fight, defend, contend, compete) |
| run into(verb, expression, take, meet, oppose) |
| run the gauntlet(verb, expression, idiom, oppose, provoke) |
| scorn(verb, oppose, provoke, challenge, resist) |
| scrap(verb, fight, defend, contend) |