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)

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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

do your damnedest

move heaven and earth

give something a whirl

give it all you've got

take a crack at

give something the old college try

make a supreme effort

give something one's best shot

give it a whirl

give something a stab

drive oneself to the limit

try for

strain every nerve

push oneself to the limit

drive oneself

work one's socks off

keep your nose to the grindstone

try as hard as one can

take the bit between your teeth

put one's heart and soul into it

leave nothing in the tank

put pedal to the metal

reserve nothing

go hammer and tongs

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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

go up against in contest

match yourself against

pitch oneself against

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

take the bull by the horns

come to close quarters with

take the field against

be at each other's throats

march against

take the field

fight like cat and dog

be in competition with

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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 campaign to arouse public concern and action about an issue

clamour^UK

clamor^US

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Verb

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To have a long, complicated dispute or argument

go at it hammer and tongs

differ

brawl

cross swords

fight like cat and dog

have a misunderstanding

mix it up

lay into

take on

be at sixes and sevens

contradict each other

take issue

go for the jugular

be at each other's throats

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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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

come into collision with

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

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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