join battle
idiom
formal
: to begin fighting : to engage in battle
troops joining battle against a hated enemy
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And two more past winners, Nightmare Alley’s Cate Blanchett and Parallel Mothers’ Penélope Cruz, may yet arrive and invite their partisans to join battle.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021
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“Join battle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/join%20battle. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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