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fight the tiger

fight the tiger verb: to gamble against professional gamblers.

Verb

fight the tiger (third-person singular simple present fights the tiger, present participle fighting the tiger, simple past and past participle fought the tiger)

  1. (US, slang) To gamble against professional gamblers.

Forms of fight the tiger

third-person singular presentfights the tiger
present participlefighting the tiger
past participlefought the tiger
pastfought the tiger

Questions about fight the tiger

What does fight the tiger mean?
Fight the tiger means to gamble against professional gamblers.
What part of speech is fight the tiger?
Fight the tiger is a verb.
What is the past tense of fight the tiger?
The past tense of fight the tiger is fought the tiger.

Words near fight the tiger in the dictionary

  1. fight songs
  2. fight stick
  3. fight sticks
  4. fight the good fight
  5. fight the tape
  6. fight the tiger
  7. fight to the death
  8. fight to the finish
  9. fight up
  10. fight windmills
  11. fight-or-flight

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