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done battle

done battle is the past participle 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 done battle

What is done battle the past participle of?
Done battle is the past participle of do battle.

Words near done battle in the dictionary

  1. done a slow burn
  2. done and done
  3. done and doner
  4. done and dusted
  5. done away with
  6. done battle
  7. done bird
  8. done bits
  9. done brown
  10. done business
  11. done by

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