"fight a rearguard action" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: fights a rearguard action [present, singular, third-person], fighting a rearguard action [participle, present], fought a rearguard action [participle, past], fought a rearguard action [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fight<,,fought> a rearguard action}} fight a rearguard action (third-person singular simple present fights a rearguard action, present participle fighting a rearguard action, simple past and past participle fought a rearguard action)
  1. Synonym of fight a losing battle Synonyms: fight a losing battle [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-fight_a_rearguard_action-en-verb-ZSKY~ID2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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