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fights to the finish

fights to the finish is the plural of fight to the finish.

Meaning of fight to the finish

Noun

fight to the finish (plural fights to the finish)

  1. A competition in which both parties continue until one side is unequivocally defeated.
    • Pei Ling Wu, 30, said: "I am worried about my family, but they do not want to leave Taiwan. They want to defend their country and fight to the end. If China continues to push us, independence is the only solution."[1996 March 15, Leyla Linton, “London students sing their defiance”, in The Times, number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, column 2

Questions about fights to the finish

What is fights to the finish the plural of?
Fights to the finish is the plural of fight to the finish.

Words near fights to the finish in the dictionary

  1. fights out
  2. fights shy
  3. fights the good fight
  4. fights the tiger
  5. fights to the death
  6. fights to the finish
  7. fights up
  8. fights windmills
  9. fightsome
  10. fightwite
  11. fightworthy

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