do battle

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do battle

verb does battle · doing battle · did battle · done battle

intransitive 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.

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@misc{do_battle_2026,
  title = {do battle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/do%20battle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}