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pitched battle

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a pitched battle
an angry fight or argument. There was a pitched battle between police and rioters.
See also: battle, pitch
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"No, monsieur, I speak what I think, and that is exactly why I say that, in the first pitched battle you fight with your forty men, I am very much afraid ---- "
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The powerful Lake Power & Electric Lighting corporation came to the rescue, and Klinkner, seeing what he thought was the opportunity, went over to the enemy in the thick of the pitched battle.
Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context
He had a pitched battle last evening with the tobacco-king's cat and routed him, horse, foot and artillery.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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