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struggle to the death

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struggle to the death 
1. Lit. a bitter struggle ending in death. The wolf and the elk fought in a struggle to the death.
2. Fig. a serious problem with someone or something; a difficult challenge. I had a terrible time getting my car started. It was a struggle to the death, but it finally started.
See also: death, struggle


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This will be a struggle to the death over Labour's investment in the economy and hope for the future, versus Conservative cuts under the harsh regime of an old Etonian toff.
One is reminded of Hegel's struggle to the death between master and servant.
His earlier account of the siege of Stalingrad displayed a unique gift for revealing the humanity behind the uniforms of German and Russian of the people caught up in a struggle to the death.
 
 
 
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