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
Essence	ES-ənts	English (Modern)
Veceslav	-	Medieval Czech
Kinsey	['kinzi]
Batraz	-	Ossetian, Caucasian Mythology
FabÓ	-	Hungarian
Lestari	les-TAH-ree	Indonesian