"fight the tiger" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fights the tiger [present, singular, third-person], fighting the tiger [participle, present], fought the tiger [participle, past], fought the tiger [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fight<,,fought> the tiger}} fight the tiger (third-person singular simple present fights the tiger, present participle fighting the tiger, simple past and past participle fought the tiger)
  1. (US, slang) To gamble against professional gamblers. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-fight_the_tiger-en-verb--AvkuQuZ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

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