struggle to the death

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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. Our votes CAN stop it getting toff at the top by The Mirror (London, England) One is reminded of Hegel's struggle to the death between master and servant. Character by Stone, Alan A. / Clinical Psychiatry News 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. Book Club by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			strive strive after strive against strive for strive to do strive toward stroke stroke ego stroke of genius stroll stroll around stroll through strong strong as a bull strong as a horse strong as an ox strong-arm tactics struggle struggle against struggle along struggle along under struggle for struggle on with struggle through struggle to do struggle to the death struggle with strum on strung strung out strut strut around strut in strut out of strut stuff stub stub out stub toe against stubborn stubborn as a mule stuck stuck in traffic stuck on stuck with study study for study up on stuff Stuff a sock in it! stuff and nonsense Stuff and nonsense!			Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse Struever, Stuart Strug Strug, Andrzej Struga Poetry Evenings Strugatskii Brothers struggle struggle struggle struggle struggle against struggle against Struggle Against Violent Extremism struggle along struggle along under struggle for struggle for Struggle for Change struggle for existence Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day Struggle for life Struggle For Life And Honour struggle for superiority Struggle of the Investitures struggle on with struggle through struggle to do Struggle to Save Ethiopian Jewry struggle to the death struggle with struggled struggled struggled struggled struggler struggler struggler struggler strugglers strugglers strugglers struggles struggles struggles struggles struggling struggling struggling struggling Struggling Young Artist strugglingly strugglingly strugglingly strugglingly Strugi-Krasnye Struik, Dirk Jan Strukov, Anatolii Strukov, Anatolii Ivanovich Struktur Organisasi Tata Kerja

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