- join battle
- very formal
to start fighting
English dictionary. 2014.
join battle
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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 — 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 … Moby Thesaurus
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
