run for one's money

Noun

idiomatic dated

(idiomatic) A difficult challenge for the person indicated, especially one involving a competitive situation.

Japanese Meaning

競争や挑戦の場において、相手が直面する非常に困難な試練や挑戦 / 特に、競争状況においてその人に対して仕掛けられる、手強い挑戦 / 相手の実力や能力を試す目的で仕掛けられる熾烈な対決

What is this buttons?

The startup's innovative app proved to be a run for one's money for the established company.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

そのスタートアップの革新的なアプリは、既存の企業にとって手強い挑戦となった。

Details

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) A difficult challenge for the person indicated, especially one involving a competitive situation.

Since the beginning of the world all men have hunted me like a wolf—kings and sages, and poets and lawgivers, all the churches, and all the philosophies. But I have never been caught yet, and the skies will fall in the time I turn to bay. I have given them a good run for their money, and I will now.

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Details

Sense（2）

(idiomatic, dated) A reasonable opportunity to succeed, perform acceptably, or escape harm, especially in a difficult situation.

He appealed and, by some arrangement or other, got leave to state his case personally to the Court of Revision. Said, I believe, that he did not much trust lawyers, but that if the sahibs would give him a hearing, as man to man, he might have a run for his money.

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