wrestle with a pig
walk away
arm-wrestle
vie
bring a knife to a gunfight
cowboy up
defeat
keep someone honest
call-out
fight off
rinse
contest
submit
brave
hold
defend
draw into
tackle
guard
luctation
courageous
compete
dispute
whoop ass
slay
wrestle
enter the lists
rechallenge
take on
challengeless
kick against the pricks
combat
meet one's Waterloo
conflicting
step to
hack
flat on one's back
guts out
fighting chance
struggling
beat the poop out of
tervy
vanquishable
beatable
pacifism
go hard or go home
outmaster
beat the shit out of
vincible
bring on
come to the scratch
victory
lean into
triumph
sweep aside
tank
play chicken
struggle
whistle in the dark
knock someone off their perch
persevering
Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu
opposed
agonize
gather strength
weather
battle
in competition
mix it up
impregnability
tussle
clean someone's clock
battleline
invulnerability
face
keep at arm's length
give someone a bloody nose
cross swords
look in the face
outflank
sow dragon's teeth
stay
do battle
get up in
see the elephant
challengeable
bate
Indian wrestle
go up against
have the best
mano a mano
back out
get the best
end run
heart
go to the mat
overcome