measure swords with

English

Verb

measure swords with (third-person singular simple present measures swords with, present participle measuring swords with, simple past and past participle measured swords with)

1. To test someone's skill in swordplay
2. (figurative, idiomatic) To match one's abilities against an antagonist's.

   Synonym: go up against

References

• “measure”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.