join battle

join battle
Synonyms and related words:
antagonize, battle, beat against, beat up against, breast the wave, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, close with, combat, compete with, contend against, contest, do battle, engage, engage in battle, fight, fight against, give battle, grapple with, join battle with, join issue, labor against, militate against, offer resistance, reluct, reluctate, rival, stem the tide, strive against, struggle against, take on, try conclusions, vie with

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  • join battle — ► join battle formal begin fighting. Main Entry: ↑join …   English terms dictionary

  • join battle — verb engage in a conflict The battle over health care reform was joined • Hypernyms: ↑contend, ↑fight, ↑struggle • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * join battle To engage in fighting …   Useful english dictionary

  • join battle (with somebody) — join ˈbattle (with sb) idiom (formal) to begin fighting sb: (figurative) Local residents have joined battle with the council over the lack of parking facilities. Main entry: ↑joinidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • join battle with — index engage (involve) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • join battle — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. engage with, fight against, open combat, join issue; see attack 1 , 2 , fight 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • join battle — formal begin fighting. → join …   English new terms dictionary

  • join battle — participate in combat, go to battle, go out to fight in combat …   English contemporary dictionary

  • To join battle — Join Join (join), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Joined} (joind); p. pr. & vb. n. {Joining}.] [OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L. jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See {Yoke}, and cf. {Conjugal}, {Junction}, {Junta}.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To join battle — Battle Bat tle, n. [OE. bataille, bataile, F. bataille battle, OF., battle, battalion, fr. L. battalia, battualia, the fighting and fencing exercises of soldiers and gladiators, fr. batuere to strike, beat. Cf. {Battalia}, 1st {Battel}, and see… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • join battle — very formal to start fighting …   English dictionary

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