measure swords with someone
English
Verb
measure swords with someone
- To try someone's skill in the use of the sword.
- (figuratively) To match one's abilities against an antagonist's.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for measure swords with someone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)