pit
/pɪt/ verb C2- To make pits in; to mark with little hollows. · Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
- To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
- To bring (something) into opposition with something else. · Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
- To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
He/she/it pits · Past pitted · Past participle pitted · -ing form pitting
Verb forms
- Base form
- pit
- He/she/it
- pits
- Past
- pitted
- Past participle
- pitted
- -ing form
- pitting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Then, upon assuring the Ass that he would not be injured, the Fox led him to a deep pit and arranged that he should fall into it.
A PANTHER, by some mischance, fell into a pit.
The Panther, however, when he had recruited his feeble strength, freed himself with a sudden bound from the pit, and hastened to his den with rapid steps.
When there, a fresh altercation arose between them, in the course of which Drebber received a blow from the stick, in the pit of the stomach, perhaps, which killed him without leaving any mark.
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