dog in the fight
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dog in the fight
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In reference to dogfighting and its spectators.
noun dogs in the fight
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A personal stake in an issue.
Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.
Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it.
Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin’-ass wh
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