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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, attack |
| Synonyms: | affront, battle, clash with, collide, combat, conflict, confront, contend, cross swords, do battle, engage, face, grapple, meet, strive, struggle |
| Antonyms: | let go, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | grapple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grab, wrestle |
| Synonyms: | attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, confront, contend, cope, deal with, do battle, encounter, engage, face, fasten, fight, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scuffle, seize, snatch, struggle, tackle, take, take on*, tussle |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | skirmish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | altercate, argue, battle, bicker, brawl, clash, combat, conflict, cross swords, dispute, do battle, engage, feud, go to war, grapple, mix it up, quarrel, scrap, scuffle, spar, struggle, tussle, wage war, war, wrangle, wrestle |
| Main Entry: | come to blows |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to physically fight |
| Synonyms: | assault, attack, battle, bear arms, box, brawl, challenge, clash, cross swords, dispute, do battle, duel, exchange blows, feud, fight, joust, mix it up, ply weapons, quarrel, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, wage war |
| Main Entry: | duke it out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight with |
| Synonyms: | battle, bump heads, cross swords with, do battle, fight, fight it out, fight to the finish, give no quarter, lock horns, mix it up with, struggle with, tangle with, wrestle with |
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