english
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noun hole ADJ. deep, shallow | bottomless | black, dark | chalk, gravel a disused gravel pit VERB + PIT dig coal mine ADJ. open They extract the mineral from open pits and underground mines. VERB + PIT go down He went down the pit at the age of fifteen. PIT + NOUN village There's no more work in these pit villages. | closure PREP. in a/the ~ Most boys in the village worked in the pits.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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In addition to the idiom beginning with PIT, Also see THE PITS.
American Heritage Idioms
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noun
hole:
They threw the garbage into a pit.
Simple Definitions
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pit sb/sth against sb/sth
to cause one person, group or thing to fight against or be in competition with another
• It was a bitter civil war, that pitted neighbour against neighbour.
• [ R ]: The climbers pitted themselves against the mountain.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs