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battle of wits |
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a battle of wits a situation in which two people or groups try to defeat each other by using their intelligence. It appears that the battle of wits between the two negotiating teams is set to continue for some time. (often + between) |
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He was very well known to the customs officers of the coast; and as there was between these worthies and himself a perpetual battle of wits, he had at first thought that Dantes might be an emissary of these industrious guardians of rights and duties, who perhaps employed this ingenious means of learning some of the secrets of his trade. The constant battle of wits and senses against the many deadly foes that lurked by day and by night along the pathway of the wary and the unwary appealed to the spirit of adventure which breathes strong in the heart of every red-blooded son of primordial Adam. |
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