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entered the lists

entered the lists is the simple past and past participle of enter the lists.

Meaning of enter the lists

Verb

enter the lists (third-person singular simple present enters the lists, present participle entering the lists, simple past and past participle entered the lists)

  1. (UK, figuratively) To take part in a struggle or conflict.
    • ...my father, who was infinitely the better politician, and took the lead as far of my uncle Toby in the cabinet, as my uncle Toby took it of him in the field——convinced him, that if the king of Spain and the Emperor went together by the ears, England and France and Holland must, by force of their...1761, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XXV, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, pages 132-133

Questions about entered the lists

What is entered the lists the simple past and past participle of?
Entered the lists is the simple past and past participle of enter the lists.

Words near entered the lists in the dictionary

  1. entered into
  2. entered into the equation
  3. entered on the boards
  4. entered the chat
  5. entered the equation
  6. entered the lists
  7. entered the picture
  8. entered the scene
  9. enterer
  10. enterers
  11. enterest

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