| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | give a good run for his money | поволноваться (и т. п.) |
| Makarov. | give a good run for his money | задать жару (кому-либо) |
| Makarov. | give a good run for his money | заставить поволноваться (кого-либо) |
| Makarov. | give a good run for his money | предоставить все удовольствия на свете (кому-либо) |
| gen. | give a good run for his money | задать жару (Anglophile) |
| Makarov. | give a good run for his money | заставить побегать (кого-либо) |
| gen. | give a good run for his money | предоставить кому-либо все удовольствия на свете (обыкн. ирон.) |
| gen. | give a good run for his money | заставить кого-либо побегать |
| polit. | give someone a good run for one's money | составить серьёзную конкуренцию (напр., нынешнему лидеру или руководителю на выборах denghu) |
| Makarov. | give a good run for one's money | составить серьёзную конкуренцию |
| gen. | give a run for money | тягаться (vogeler) |
| gen. | give a run for someone's money | почти так же хорош, как (Mira_G) |
| idiom. | give a run for someone's money | достойно состязаться (I think only Liverpool will be able to give Manchester United a run for their money next season. VLZ_58) |
| amer. | give a run for money | быть достойным соперником (He was a very good actor and could have given any professional a run for his money.; профессионалу Val_Ships) |
| brit. | give a run for money | оказать достойное соперничество (I think only Liverpool will be able to give Manchester United a run for their money next season.; вероятному победителю Val_Ships) |
| inf. | give someone a run for someone's money | составить конкуренцию (Ремедиос_П) |
| gen. | give a run for someone's money | столь же хорош (Mira_G) |
| gen. | give a run for money | задать жару (vogeler) |
| idiom. | give someone a run for someone's money | дать фору (Баян) |
| idiom. | give a run for someone's money | бросить вызов (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | give a run for someone's money | перещеголять (joyand) |
| idiom. | give a run for someone's money | составить конкуренцию (VLZ_58) |
| idiom. | give someone a run for someone's money | не уступать (Баян) |
| gen. | give somebody a good run for his money | заставить потрудиться (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give somebody a good run for his money | заставить попотеть (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give somebody a good run for his money | заставить попотеть (Anglophile) |
| gen. | give somebody a good run for one's money | заставить попотеть (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give somebody a good run for one's money | заставить потрудиться (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give somebody a run for his money | заставить потрудиться (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give somebody a run for his money | заставить попотеть (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give somebody a run for one's money | заставить потрудиться (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give somebody a run for one's money | заставить попотеть (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give somebody a run for their money | заставить кого-либо попотеть (КГА) |
| idiom. | give somebody a run for their money | дать бой (compete very strongly against someone who is expected to win a competition: I think only Liverpool will be able to give Manchester United a run for their money next season.; кому-либо КГА) |
| gen. | give somebody a run for their money | заставить кого-либо попотеть (КГА) |
| gen. | give someone a good run for his money | заставить потрудиться (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give someone a good run for his money | заставить попотеть (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give someone a run for his money | заставить потрудиться (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give someone a run for his money | заставить попотеть (Though they lost, they gave last year's champions a run for their money vogeler) |
| gen. | give someone a run for someone's money | составить кому-либо серьёзную конкуренцию (jouris-t) |
| gen. | give someone a run for their money | составить хорошую конкуренцию (кому-либо Sir_Nikita) |
