FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE

Meaning of FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE in English

to try to do sth that you will probably never succeed in doing

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — see battle
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — see battle
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — вести борьбу, обреченную на неудачу
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — вести борьбу
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FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — вести борьбу
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — вести борьбу, обреченную на неудачу
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FIGHT A LOSING BATTLE — вести борьбу, обреченную на неудачу
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LOSING — adjective Date: 1519 resulting in or likely to result in defeat , marked by many losses or more losses than …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BATTLE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of …
Английский словарь Британика
FIGHT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BATTLE — I. ˈbad. ə l, -at ə l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bataile, batel, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOSING — adjective Etymology: from present participle of lose : likely to result in failure or defeat losing strategy fighting a losing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOSING — (v. t.) Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.
Английский словарь Webster
LOSING — (a.) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
Английский словарь Webster
LOSING — (imp. & p. p.) of Lose
Английский словарь Webster
BATTLE — (n.) To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
Английский словарь Webster
LOSING — ( v. t. ) Causing or incurring loss; as, a losing game or business.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOSING — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Lose
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOSING — ( a. ) Given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LOSING — — losingly , adv. /looh"zing/ , adj. 1. causing or suffering loss. n. 2. losings , losses. [ bef. 950; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIGHT — — fightable , adj. — fightability , n. — fightingly , adv. /fuyt/ , n. , v. , fought, fighting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BATTLE — battle 1 — battler , n. /bat"l/ , n. , v. , battled, battling . n. 1. a hostile encounter …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOSING — n. misplacing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIGHT — I. ˈfīt verb ( fought ˈfȯt ; fight·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feohtan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BATTLE — I. ˈba-t ə l noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English batel, from Anglo-French bataille battle, battalion, from Late Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOSING — Date: 1519 1. : resulting in or likely to result in defeat a losing battle a losing poker hand 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOSING — impf & ·p.p. of lose. 2. losing ·adj given to flattery or deceit; flattering; cozening. 3. losing ·vt causing or …
Webster English vocab
FIGHT
Webster English vocab
BATTLE — adj fertile. ·see battel, a. 2. battle ·vt a division of an army; a battalion. 3. battle ·vt a struggle; …
Webster English vocab
FIGHT — [fight] vb fought ; fight.ing [ME, fr. OE feohtan; akin to OHG fehtan to fight and perh. to L pectere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BATTLE — [bat.tle] n, often attrib [ME batel, fr. OF bataille battle, fortifying tower, battalion, fr. LL battalia combat, alter. of battualia …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BATTLE — battl|e, B~ BrE AmE ˈbæt ə l AmE ˈbæt̬ ə l ▷ battl|ed d ▷ battl|es z ▷ battl|ing ‿ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FIGHT — / faɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( fought , fought / fɔːt; NAmE /) IN WAR / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATTLE — / ˈbætl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] a fight between armies, ships …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BATTLE — I. bat ‧ tle 1 W2 /ˈbætl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIGHT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BATTLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIGHT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BATTLE — n. & v. n. 1 a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIGHT
Oxford English vocab
BATTLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a prolonged fight between large organized armed forces. 2 a contest; a prolonged or difficult …
Oxford English vocab
FIGHT — ( fights, fighting, fought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BATTLE — ( battles, battling, battled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A battle …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT — (~s, ~ing, fought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIGHT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BATTLE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIGHT — [noun] [C]The older boys broke up (= stopped)/started the fight.Have you got tickets for the big fight (= boxing competition)?I …
Cambridge English vocab
BATTLE — [noun] [C] - a fight between armed forces, or (figurative) an argument between two groups or against a situation that …
Cambridge English vocab
BATTLE — n. Actium Battle of Adrianople Battle of Battle of Hadrianopolis Adwa Battle of Battle of Adowa Aegospotami Battle of Agincourt …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Olympic games, Olympics, a outrance, action, aerial combat, affray, against, aggression, aggressiveness, agonize, altercate, altercation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BATTLE — Synonyms and related words : Actium, Adrianople, Aegates Isles, Aegospotami, Agincourt, Antietam, Anzio, Arbela-Gaugamela, Ardennes, Austerlitz, Ayacucho, Balaclava, Bannockburn, Bataan-Corregidor, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOSING — n. Function: noun Synonyms: LOSS 1, mislaying, misplacement, misplacing
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LOSING — n. Loss.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
LOSING — noun Synonyms: loss 1, mislaying, misplacement, misplacing
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOSING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
LOSING — adj. Losing is used with these nouns: ↑ battle , ↑ candidate , ↑ proposition , ↑ sequence , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIGHT
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BATTLE — I. noun 1 between armies ADJECTIVE ▪ bloody , fierce ▪ intense , pitched ▪ The two armies fought a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOSING — See ↑ LOSE 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be losing
Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT
Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT — See ↑ ARGUE 1, ↑ COMPETE WITH 2, ↑ FIGHT 1,4,6,6,7,9, ↑ VOTE 7, ↑ WAR 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LOSING — < jargon > Said of anything that is or causes a lose or lossage . [ Jargon File ]
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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