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fight a losing battle to try hard to do something when there is no chance that you will succeed. We try our best to cope with the workload but we're fighting a losing battle. (usually in continuous tenses) fight a losing battle to try hard but fail. For years it seems we have been fighting a losing battle against poverty and hunger. In an old house, you're always fighting a losing battle with dust and dirt. Usage notes: sometimes used without fight: Many teachers feel they are in a losing battle for learning and order. |
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California City officials have been lobbying for a prison since 1989, after watching Lancaster leaders fight a losing battle to keep a prison from being built there. Schumer's office, portrays his concern that housing cooperatives have persistently won in court "despite strenuous IRS opposition," yet the IRS has only made "the smallest accommodation possible for certain types of co-ops and continues to fight a losing battle against other types of co-ops. Another popular but questionable scenario depicts dieters inevitably regaining lost weight as they fight a losing battle against built-in survival mechanisms. |
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