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broken a lance

broken a lance is the past participle of break a lance.

Meaning of break a lance

Verb

break a lance (third-person singular simple present breaks a lance, present participle breaking a lance, simple past broke a lance, past participle broken a lance)

  1. (intransitive) to take a stand, to contend [with for ‘to the benefit of’] [with in favour of ‘to the benefit of’] [with against ‘in opposition to’]
    • But over the difficult and important passage 2 Cor 12:1 10 she breaks a lance with me, and a response here may be a testimony to the seriousness with which I treat her comments.2003, Paul and the Corinthians: Studies on a Community in Conflict : Essays in Honour of Margaret Thrall, E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 303
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, a, lance.

Questions about broken a lance

What is broken a lance the past participle of?
Broken a lance is the past participle of break a lance.

Words near broken a lance in the dictionary

  1. broken a butterfly upon the wheel
  2. broken a fly on a wheel
  3. broken a fly on the wheel
  4. broken a fly upon a wheel
  5. broken a fly upon the wheel
  6. broken a lance
  7. broken a promise
  8. broken a sweat
  9. broken and entered
  10. broken apart
  11. broken arrow

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