scrimmage (with)

verb

Definition of scrimmage (with)next
as in to fight
to oppose (someone) in physical conflict growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs

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  1. fight
  2. battle
  3. combat
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  • Prisoners will keep fighting fires, too, with convicts able to win early-release credits on the fire lines.
    Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Tyson has not fought professionally since losing to Kevin McBride in the sixth round in 2005.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of fight
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  • The blazes in the Northeast have claimed at least one life: Dariel Vasquez, an 18-year-old New York Parks employee, was killed Saturday by a falling tree while battling a fire in Sterling Forest, on the border of New York and New Jersey.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Baker Mayfield had just 116 yards for the Bucs and got sacked twice, including on a third-down play in the fourth quarter by Nick Bosa, who battled through a right-hip injury.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of battle
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  • The pauses on some ads come as election officials have already spent weeks trying to combat viral misinformation about the election, including uncorroborated allegations of machines flipping votes and claims of widespread fraud in mail ballots.
    Clare Duffy, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
  • His resume includes work for the International Justice Mission, a nonprofit that aims to combat human trafficking.
    Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of combat
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