break up »
To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
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bury the hatchet »
To stop fighting or arguing; to reach an agreement, or at least a truce.
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clean someone's clock »
To defeat decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.
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company »
A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
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drop the gloves »
To fight.
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duke it out »
To fight, especially with the fists.
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fight a losing battle »
To continue to wage war when it is clear that one is not going to win.
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fight a losing battle »
To try to do something so difficult that it will probably end in failure.
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fight fire with fire »
To respond to an attack with a similar or identical method.
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fight fires »
To deal with urgent matters and minor emergencies rather than longer-term work.
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fight off »
To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.
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fight off »
To resist, particularly an infection or an emotion.
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fight shy of »
To avoid something.
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fight tooth and nail »
To use every means possible to overcome a difficult opposition.
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go to the mat »
To continue to struggle or fight until either victorious or defeated.
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kick ass »
To beat someone in a fight.
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make amends »
To repair a relationship; to make up; to resolve an argument or fight; to make reparations or redress.
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make up »
To resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight.
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mix it up »
To compete vigorously, to quarrel, or to fight physically.
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pitched battle »
A hostile engagement involving sustained, full-scale fighting between opposing forces in close combat.
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prize fighter »
boxer
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punch up »
to fight
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put up »
To present, especially in "put up a fight".
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put up one's dukes »
Prepare to fight; literally, to raise your fists.
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square off »
To get ready for a fight.
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square off »
To get in the fighting position.
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square up »
To get ready for a fight.
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square up »
To get in the fighting position.
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stand down »
To wait; to stop pursuing or fighting.
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take on »
To attempt to fight or compete.
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that's the way life is »
That is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything [1], page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption [2], ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.
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the pen is mightier than the sword »
More influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.
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throw down »
To fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand.
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turf war »
A fight or confrontation between two divisions or parties for access to resources or capital.
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up in arms »
Angry; preparing for a fight.
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wail on »
To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight.
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whale on »
To strike an opponent heavily and repeatedly in a fight.
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you can't fight city hall »
(chiefly US) Nothing can be done to change the situation, because it is a governmental decision.I see they're going to build the airport after all. I suppose you can't fight city hall.
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