Usually means: Engage in combat or conflict.
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  1. do battle: Merriam-Webster
  2. do battle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. do battle: Collins English Dictionary
  4. do battle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. do battle: Wiktionary
  6. do battle: Dictionary.com

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  1. do battle: Idioms

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▸ verb:  (intransitive) To engage in a fight; to battle.

Similar:
give battle, befight, fight, battle it out, brawl, debate, encounter, bate, playfight, camp, more...

Opposite:
make peace, negotiate, reconcile, collaborate, cooperate

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Similar:
give battle, befight, fight, battle it out, brawl, debate, encounter, bate, playfight, camp, more...

Opposite:
make peace, negotiate, reconcile, collaborate, cooperate



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