running fight

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running fight - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fight \Fight\, n. [OE. fight, feht, AS. feoht. See Fight, v.
     i.]
     1. A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a
        violent conflict or struggle for victory, between
        individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.
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              Who now defies thee thrice to single fight.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. A struggle or contest of any kind.
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     3. Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; as, he
        has a great deal of fight in him. [Colloq.]
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     4. A screen for the combatants in ships. [Obs.]
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              Up with your fights, and your nettings prepare.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     Running fight, 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.
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