do battle

English

Verb

do battle (third-person singular simple present does battle, present participle doing battle, simple past did battle, past participle done battle)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in a fight; to battle.
    • 2026 February 4, Olly Glover, “Rethink urban transport”, in Railway Magazine, number 1054, page 15:
      Many suburban trains in Birmingham do battle with inter-city ones on flat junctions either side of Birmingham New Street.

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