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how goes the war

how goes the war phrase: synonym of how goes the battle (“how are things? how's life?”).

Phrase

how goes the war?

  1. (colloquial, humorous) Synonym of how goes the battle (“how are things? how's life?”).

Synonyms of how goes the war

Questions about how goes the war

What does how goes the war mean?
How goes the war means synonym of how goes the battle (“how are things? how's life?”).
What part of speech is how goes the war?
How goes the war is a phrase.

Words near how goes the war in the dictionary

  1. how far
  2. how farest thou
  3. how goes it
  4. how goes the battle
  5. how goes the enemy
  6. how goes the war
  7. how long
  8. how long is a piece of string
  9. how many
  10. how many fingers am I holding up
  11. how many languages do you speak

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