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doing battle

doing battle is the present participle and gerund 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 doing battle

What is doing battle the present participle and gerund of?
Doing battle is the present participle and gerund of do battle.

Words near doing battle in the dictionary

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

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