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tilt at windmills

verb as in attack imaginary enemy

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Sometimes you have to tilt at windmills.

But her husband had an explanation, she said: “He goes, ‘We both tilt at windmills.’”

A potato farmer whose name playfully refers to Don Quixote, he didn’t tilt at windmills but lived in one.

These behind-the-scenes preparations underscore the reality that while Trump may continue to tilt at windmills, his tenure as the president of the United States is ending.

Reportedly, he will continue to tilt at windmills into late-April, waging war in Pennsylvania and New York.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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