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Definition: RUNNING FIGHT |
RUNNING FIGHT1. A fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result. Syn: Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray; affray; action; conflict. See Battle . |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contention | Free fight, stand up fight, hand to hand, running fight. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Running Fight (1915) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | "A view of the running fight of 3 hours & 40 m. between the U. S. fleet under command of Comdr. Isaac Chauncey, and the British fleet of a superior force commanded by Sir James L. Yeo, on Lake Ontario, the 11th of September 1813". Color-tinted drawing by Masters Mate Peter W. Spicer, who served on board USS Sylph during this action. Ships depicted are listed in Photo # NH 75734-KN -- complete caption. The fleets are in two parallel lines, with the American fleet above. Credit: NAVY. |  | Engagement between the Wasp and Frolic (a running fight). Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "RUNNING FIGHT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Czech | ústupný boj. (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | mozgó harc. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | unningray ightfay отступление с боями. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-g-h-i-i-n-n-n-r-t-u" | |
-3 letters: frighting, unhinging. | |
-4 letters: fighting, figuring, fringing, fruiting, girthing, grifting, grinning, grunting, gunfight, inurning, righting, thinning, untiring. | |
-5 letters: finning, funning, gifting, ginning, girning, girting, gunning, hinging, hinting, hunting, hurting, infight, inuring, nighing, rifting, ringgit, ringing, rinning, ruining, running, tinging, tinning, trining, tunning, turfing, turning, uniting. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Anagrams 6. Bibliography |
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