match-up
or match·up
a pairing or combining; linkage: a match-up of federal funds with state aid.
a direct contest or confrontation, as between two athletes or political candidates.
an investigation of similarities and differences; comparison: a match-up of property taxes in two counties.
Origin of match-up
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How to use match-up in a sentence
In a bizarre matchup, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor came for the 20-year-old singer this past July in Ibiza.
The Bloom-Bieber Brawl We Didn’t Know We Needed | Kevin O’Keeffe | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“He was a good matchup,” Jones said of Brown, a defensive lineman for his high school football team.
'Go Ahead and Shoot Me': The Veteran Who Defied Ferguson's Cops | Justin Glawe | August 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFurther, at least one private poll shows Childers in a statistical tie with McDaniel in a November matchup.
This entertaining matchup might resemble more of a track meet than a basketball game.
I do see a matchup of Syracuse and Florida coming out of there.
ESPN’s Bracket Champion Shares His March Madness Secrets | Ben Teitelbaum | March 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for matchup
/ (ˈmætʃʌp) /
US and Canadian a sports match
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