Confront
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Bowser and Boo barge into the tournament via their sinister battleship and confront Mario and Luigi, before cheerfully requesting a match.
Source: Go-Karting with Bowser -
Before the match, Mikey walked down to the ring to confront Lynn, as they had been rivals at the time.
Source: Wrestling / Mikey Whipwreck -
In the segment featuring the Hogan-Valentine match, the ending is altered to show the bad guys entering the arena to confront and assassinate Hogan (don't worry, they're stopped in time).
Source: Series / The A-Team
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Match and Confront. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/confront/match
Confront & Match. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/confront/match>.
Match or Confront. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/confront/match.
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