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| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | a battle of wits | состязание в остроумии |
| gen. | a battle of wits | битва умов |
| gen. | a battle of wits ensue | за этим неизбежно последует борьба характеров (bigmaxus) |
| gen. | battle of wits | мозговой поединок (As each candidate tried to defend his stance on the hot-button issue, a battle of wits began as they each produced seemingly endless lists of statistics to support their views. VLZ_58) |
| gen. | battle of wits | конкурс интеллектуалов (VLZ_58) |
| gen. | battle of wits | игра ума |
| gen. | battle of wits | конкурс знатоков (The two young geniuses entered into a battle of wits as they competed for first place in the national trivia championship. VLZ_58) |