do battle

verb

do battle

verb
1

To engage in a fight; to battle.

  • Many suburban trains in Birmingham do battle with inter-city ones on flat junctions either side of Birmingham New Street.2026 February 4, Olly Glover, “Rethink urban transport”, in Railway Magazine, number 1054, page 15:
Related terms
give battle, battle it out

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