meet one's match

Encounter someone equal in ability to oneself, as in The chess champion was about to meet his match in a computer. This expression originated about 1300 as find one's match, but the alliterative meet was being used by the mid-1500s and has survived.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Leoncio	le-ON-thyo (Spanish), le-ON-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Indrajit	-	Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Hindi
Subhash	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
Linnie	LIN-ee	English
Bakewell	['beikwəl]
Terminus	-	Roman Mythology