DOGFIGHT


Meaning of DOGFIGHT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɒgfaɪt, AM dɔ:g- ]

also dog fight

( dogfights)

1.

A dogfight is a fight between fighter planes, in which they fly close to one another and move very fast.

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2.

If you say that organizations or people are involved in a dogfight , you mean they are struggling very hard against each other in order to succeed.

The three leading contenders were locked in a dogfight.

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