match with

match (someone or something) (up) with (someone or something else)

1. To match two people or two things together to face off in a challenge or competition. For the first round of the tournament, they matched Karen with the three-time state champion. For this comparison review, we've matched the new Samsung Galaxy up with the latest iPhone.
2. To compare someone or something to someone or something else to see if the two correspond correctly. They'll match your name up with the guest list to see if you're allowed inside the party. Go down to the warehouse and match the inventory list with what you find down there.
See also: match, something
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

match with

v.
1. To be the same as, comparable with, or in agreement with something: The results of our study matched with the previous results perfectly.
2. To compare something with something else to see whether their parts correspond: Match your scorecard with mine to see whether there is any disagreement.
3. To set someone or something in competition with someone or something else: I don't know why they matched us with a team that is so much stronger than we are; we'll only lose.
See also: match
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • battle of the giants
  • cling together
  • come together
  • chalk and cheese
  • Box and Cox
  • join together
  • fit together
  • at each other's throats
  • be at each other's throats
  • two for two
References in classic literature
This time he went to work more carefully, and feeling with his fingers for a match with the largest head and the greatest amount of phosphorus, lit it at the first try.
Master and Man
I suppose the suspense of the reader is now painful, and therefore I shall say at once that David won the match with two lovely fours, the one over my head and the other to leg all along the ground.
The Little White Bird
"Nay," quoth old Adam o' the Dell presently, drawing a long breath and shaking his head as he spoke, "twoscore years and more have I shot shaft, and maybe not all times bad, but I shoot no more this day, for no man can match with yon stranger, whosoe'er he may be." Then he thrust his shaft into his quiver, rattling, and unstrung his bow without another word.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Police won the match with 43 points against Sindh's 22 points.
National Kabaddi Championship: six matches played on first day
The match joined the list Tuesday night when Ambrose accepted Corbin's challenge on "SmackDown Live." Ambrose distracted Corbin during the Lone Wolf's match with Randy Orton, causing him to get hit with an RKO and suffer the loss.
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Bahawalnagar team beat the Lodhran team in second match with 50
12 matches decided on first day of Under-16 Rugby C'ship
Besiktas's first match with Viktoria Plzen will be an away match and take place on July 29 if it defeats Vikingur.
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Yarm AA fish a joint match with Stockton on the Tees at Over Dinsdale and Chester-leStreet AC hold a club match on their stretch of the Wear, meeting at Golf Club overspill car park, 8.15am.
DIARY DATES
won the Excellence in Competition Match with Pace in second place.
Army takes all team matches
If a name match is positively identified following appropriate efforts to confirm the match with OFAC, the compliance officer must ensure that all pending and future transactions on the policy are stopped and take the following steps:
Identity check: an eight-step compliance program will help insurers avoid the consequences of violating OFAC regulations
Of the six immune system proteins that doctors use as guideposts to match donors with recipients, only one Hurler's baby had a six-out-of-six match with the cord-Mood donor.
Infusions help babies with Hurler's syndrome
Bahawalnagar team beat the Lodhran team in second match with 50 points against zero try-score.
12 matches decided on first day of Under-16 Rugby C'ship
Even though Daniel Bryan was in a match with John Cena, who is in the main event at SummerSlam, he was denied a spot in their pay-per-view match for the WWE Championship by AJ because she already booked him a match against Kane.
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* Some combination of these types, such as a lower-fixed match with a discretionary year-end match based on performance.
A quantum leap for Alcoa's 401(k)
First match was played between POF and Islamabad in which Islamabad won the match with the score 4428.
6 matches held of Basketball Championship at Wah