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fought the good fight

fought the good fight is the simple past and past participle 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 fought the good fight

What is fought the good fight the simple past and past participle of?
Fought the good fight is the simple past and past participle of fight the good fight.

Words near fought the good fight in the dictionary

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

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