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live to fight another day

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live to fight another day
to lose a fight or competition but not be completely defeated and therefore be able to try again in the future. The anti-pollution campaigners lost the debate but lived to fight another day.
See also: another, day, fight, live
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He talks very grandly, but when it comes to fighting, he thinks it best to run away and live to fight another day.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
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