"descend into the arena" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: descends into the arena [present, singular, third-person], descending into the arena [participle, present], descended into the arena [participle, past], descended into the arena [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} descend into the arena (third-person singular simple present descends into the arena, present participle descending into the arena, simple past and past participle descended into the arena)
  1. (law) In relation to a judge in an adversarial system, to excessively interfere with debates between the parties.
    Sense id: en-descend_into_the_arena-en-verb-eots-bxd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Law, Procedural law Topics: law

Inflected forms

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