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enters the lists

enters the lists is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 enters the lists

What is enters the lists the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Enters the lists is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enter the lists.

Words near enters the lists in the dictionary

  1. enters into
  2. enters into the equation
  3. enters on the boards
  4. enters the chat
  5. enters the equation
  6. enters the lists
  7. enters the picture
  8. enters the scene
  9. entertailing
  10. entertain
  11. entertain'd

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