be no match for

Definitions

1. 1

   To be outmatched by

   To be outmatched by; to be much weaker, less capable, or less desirable than.

   • King William number four, I guess, would be no match for him as an orator – he'd talk him out of sight in half an hour.
   • I am. no match for a physician in any matters connected with his pursuits, nor would the physician be a match for me in a legal argument .
   • He was a dull dog, and he knew it; but though he was no match for Garling intellectually , he knew himself a match and more than a match for him physically .

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