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fights the good fight

fights the good fight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fight the good fight.

Meaning of fight the good fight

Verb

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

  1. To battle or try to achieve something for a noble cause.
    • "My brethren," he said, "since God has not given our people victory in the combat, it must be because he requires of us, his spiritual soldiers, to fight the good fight of martyrdom, [...]"1820 March, [Walter Scott], chapter XII, in The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John...

Questions about fights the good fight

What is fights the good fight the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fights the good fight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fight the good fight.

Words near fights the good fight in the dictionary

  1. fights off
  2. fights one's corner
  3. fights one's guts out
  4. fights out
  5. fights shy
  6. fights the good fight
  7. fights the tiger
  8. fights to the death
  9. fights to the finish
  10. fights up
  11. fights windmills

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