"won the battle, but lost the war" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} won the battle, but lost the war
  1. simple past and past participle of win the battle, but lose the war Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: win the battle, but lose the war
    Sense id: en-won_the_battle,_but_lost_the_war-en-verb-QwQLEp6c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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