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Reader question: What does it mean exactly when someone is said to have finally met his match? My comments: It means he or she has finally found their equal. In other words, they have found someone who's as good as they are in terms of skill or temperament. Someone who's probably better than they are. Hence, finally they've found someone they cannot beat, or bully or push around. If two people match each other, they're exactly alike. Twins, for example, are exactly alike as they match each other in, say, height and facial features. In competition, we say someone is meeting their match because their opponent match up with them well in terms of skill set or tenacity or strategy. In short, for someone to meet their match means they'll no longer be able to bully and run over their opponent with ease. On the contrary, they may get beat by the opponent, their match. In other words, no more easy wins and victories. The good days are over. Got to roll up your sleeves and break a sweat. All right, here are media examples of someone or something meeting their or its match: 1. Bethenny Frankel has “met her match” with “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin. The “Real Housewives of New York City” star blocked Hostin on social media after she called her out on Twitter for allegedly lying about bullying her kid on the beach. | 
