do battle

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do battle (with something)

to compete or argue with someone. We plan to teach groups that normally do battle with each other to cooperate. Jessie liked to do battle with her brother.

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At last it was decided that the men were too much wearied to do battle longer. A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context Presently he should have to do battle with one, or both. Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context The black, whipping out his knife, turned to do battle with this new enemy, while the Swede, lying in the bush, witnessed a duel, the like of which he had never dreamed to see--a half-naked white man battling with a half-naked black, hand to hand with the crude weapons of primeval man at first, and then with hands and teeth like the primordial brutes from whose loins their forebears sprung. The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context More results

References in classic literature

At last it was decided that the men were too much wearied to do battle longer.

A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

Presently he should have to do battle with one, or both.

Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

The black, whipping out his knife, turned to do battle with this new enemy, while the Swede, lying in the bush, witnessed a duel, the like of which he had never dreamed to see--a half-naked white man battling with a half-naked black, hand to hand with the crude weapons of primeval man at first, and then with hands and teeth like the primordial brutes from whose loins their forebears sprung.

The Beasts of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

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