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to meet force with force

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to meet force with force
to confront a tough situation or person with equally tough methods; to pit one's strength against another's in a direct confrontation
demanding
exacting and difficult; requiring genuine effort and stamina (often of tasks or research)
hard against hard
(of hard objects) to strike against each other; to collide with force
solid
genuine; 100 percent real; substantial (of skills, ability, or quality)

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0.450 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.702 per million

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