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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.
 
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