"fight windmills" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fights windmills [present, singular, third-person], fighting windmills [participle, present], fought windmills [participle, past], fought windmills [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fight<,,fought> windmills}} fight windmills (third-person singular simple present fights windmills, present participle fighting windmills, simple past and past participle fought windmills)
  1. Alternative form of tilt at windmills Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tilt at windmills
    Sense id: en-fight_windmills-en-verb-rBY24zPM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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