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n.
straggle
1) to pick, provoke, start a ~ (he picked a ~ with me)
2) to put up, wage a ~ (to wage a ~ against corruption)
3) to get into a ~ (to get into a ~ with a neighbor about the property line)
4) a bitter, desperate, fierce, hard, stubborn; clean, fair; dirty, unfair; last-ditch ~; a ~ to the death (to put up a last-ditch ~)
5) a fist ~
6) a ~ breaks out, starts
7) a ~ about, over; against; among, between; for; with (a ~ for justice; a ~ between local politicians)
8) a ~ to + inf. (we joined the ~ to reduce waste)
boxing match
9) to hold, stage a ~
10) to fix a ~ ('to influence the results of a ~ illegally')
11) a clean; dirty ~
12) ( misc. ) the big ~ (everyone was talking about the big ~)
II
v.
1) to ~ bravely, heroically; clean; desperately, hard, stubbornly; dirty, unfairly; fair, fairly
2) ( D ; intr. , tr. ) to ~ about, over; against; among; for; with (he was always ~ing with his neighbors about the noise; Great Britain fought with Turkey against Russia; they are always ~ing among themselves; the United States fought a war with Mexico over their common border; the war was fought for a just cause; the dogs were ~ing over a bone)
3) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ like (they fought like heroes)
4) ( misc. ) to ~ to the finish; to ~ with one's fists