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did battle

did battle is the simple past of do battle.

Meaning of do battle

Verb

do battle (third-person singular simple present does battle, present participle doing battle, simple past did battle, past participle done battle)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in a fight; to battle.
    • Many suburban trains in Birmingham do battle with inter-city ones on flat junctions either side of Birmingham New Street.2026 February 4, Olly Glover, “Rethink urban transport”, in Railway Magazine, number 1054, page 15

Questions about did battle

What is did battle the simple past of?
Did battle is the simple past of do battle.

Words near did battle in the dictionary

  1. did a perish
  2. did a power of good
  3. did a runner
  4. did a slow burn
  5. did away with
  6. did battle
  7. did bird
  8. did bits
  9. did business
  10. did by
  11. did by half-measures

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