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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  • Her re-election sets Phoenix up to continue growing the burgeoning technology and health care industries, building sustainable infrastructure to combat climate change and expanding public transportation options.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Researchers could face obstacles in tracking and combating climate change, leaving governments and businesses less prepared for its impacts and less able to help thwart climate change.
    Douglas B. Laney, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of combat
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