The sport or practice of fighting with the fists, especially with padded gloves in a roped square ring according to prescribed rules (the Queensberry Rules)

Noun

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The last and deciding game in a sports tournament or other competition

Verb

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To struggle tenaciously to achieve something

labour^UK

labor^US

endeavor^US

endeavour^UK

plough^UK

plow^US

give it your best shot

make an all-out effort

peg away

plough away

plug away

put up a fight against

work your fingers to the bone

leave no stone unturned

graft

pull out all the stops

have one's nose to grindstone

put one's back into it

make one's way with difficulty

shinny

kill oneself

move heaven and earth

keep your nose to the grindstone

work oneself to the bone

have a shot

try as hard as one can

do all you can

get your head down

put one's back into something

use some elbow grease

work one's butt off

work hard to

overwork

give something one's best shot

give something one's all

dig in

make a supreme effort

peg along

work at

burn the candle at both ends

give it all you've got

make a special effort

put one's heart and soul into it

go the whole nine yards

go all in

leave nothing in the tank

lay it all on the line

go all-out

bust chops

put pedal to the metal

try my best

put it all on the line

put in one hundred percent

give one hundred percent

put the pedal to the metal

plow away

put effort into something

give something a whirl

take the bit between your teeth

give something the old college try

put one's shoulder to the wheel

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“Harrison would battle through adversity to finish the race.”

Verb

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To engage in a contest or conflict

engage in hostilities

fight like cat and dog

be in the hunt

meet head-on

engage with

go up against in contest

face up to

be at each other's throats

match yourself against

take the field against

be in competition with

get into conflict with

come into conflict with

fight for King and country

fight for Queen and country

go eyeball to eyeball with

enter into combat with

fall on

participate in

match strength

pitch oneself against

come to close quarters with

take the bull by the horns

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“The two longtime rivals will battle on the field for the championship.”

Verb

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To struggle tenaciously to resist something

put up a fight against

set your face against

stand up and be counted against

stand one's ground against

hold off

fight back

hold one's ground against

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“These youth battle authority after feeling let down by society.”

Verb

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To physically fight, especially in a rough or noisy way

fight like Kilkenny cats

fight nastily

go at it hammer and tongs

be at each other's throats

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Verb

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To have a heated argument or disagreement

have a misunderstanding

take exception

fight like cat and dog

have a tiff

mix it up

object to

go at it hammer and tongs

be at sixes and sevens

be at each other's throats

contradict each other

have a difference of opinion

be of a different opinion

be incompatible

have a different opinion

have a slanging match

balk^US

baulk^UK

express disagreement with

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Verb

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To campaign to arouse public concern and action about an issue

clamour^UK

clamor^US

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Verb

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To physically attack violently

pummelled^UK

pummel^US

belabour^UK

belabor^US

beat the living daylights out of

knock into the middle of next week

give someone a beating

pounce upon

box

clock

give someone a good hiding

give someone a hiding

give someone a drubbing

tonk

trash

give someone a good beating

bushwhack

sic

give someone a good drubbing

jump down one's throat

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

bite someone's head off

jump down someone's throat

conduct an offensive on

pulverize^US

pulverise^UK

give someone a hot bottom

victimize^US

victimise^UK

make someone feel the back of one's hand

dust someone's britches

give the cat o'nine tails

give someone a licking

put someone over your knee

warm someone's bottom

come into collision with

knock someone's lights out

beat someone's brains out

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Verb

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To succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level

keep the wolf from the door

keep one's end up

keep your head above water

stand on one's own two feet

paddle your own canoe

deal with the situation

barely have enough to live on

scarcely have enough to live on

make the best of a bad job

scarcely manage to live

barely manage to live

manage to live with difficulty

manage without assistance

maintain one's position

acquit yourself well

give a good account of yourself

keep body and soul together

invigorate^US

envigorate^UK

energize^US

energise^UK

revitalize^US

revitalise^UK

galvanize^US

galvanise^UK

incentivize^US

give a shot in the arm to

give shot in arm

stiffen the resolve of

incentivise^UK

instil^UK

instill^US

fire the imagination of

stimulate spiritually

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