fight to the finish
Example Sentences
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The Knights couldn’t come up with an encore after eliminating Purdue, but not before putting up a fight to the finish.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2023
“It was going to be a fight to the finish, but I wasn’t going to get ran down.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2022
With coach Tyronn Lue in COVID-19 protocols and eight players unavailable, the Clippers fight to the finish but fall 116-108 to the Raptors in Toronto.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2022
Even in a convincing win at Denver, they had to fight to the finish to keep their streak of 100-yard rushing games alive.
From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2021
Whatever had happened at Nutley Copse, the Efrafans could not fight to the finish against rabbits like Bigwig, Holly and Silver without losing lives—probably a good many lives.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
