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fight to the death

fight to the death verb: to take part in a battle in which the winner is the sole survivor.

Verb

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

  1. To take part in a battle in which the winner is the sole survivor.

Noun

fight to the death (plural fights to the death)

  1. A fight in which there is only one winner, the survivor.

Synonyms of fight to the death

Forms of fight to the death

Verb
third-person singular presentfights to the death
present participlefighting to the death
past participlefought to the death
pastfought to the death
Noun
pluralfights to the death

Questions about fight to the death

What does fight to the death mean?
Fight to the death means to take part in a battle in which the winner is the sole survivor.
What part of speech is fight to the death?
Fight to the death can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of fight to the death?
The past tense of fight to the death is fought to the death.

Words near fight to the death in the dictionary

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

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