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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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unclear words in their context - tabloid and pitted

Hi,

I have two words not sure the maning in their context...

1) what is the meaning of "tabloid treatment" in the sentence below?

...giving the business world's high and mighty the tabloid treatment

2) similar the "pitted" below:

the members in the team are pitted against one another in a vote

thank you for your help in advance

Louis
  

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tabloid treatment
being treated as one is in the tabloid newspapers/magazines, with rumours related to personal life, fake pictures, etc

pitted against one another
confronting each other in a direct way
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pit
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): pit·ted; pit·ting

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