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pitched battle
pitched battle
noun
1.
a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined.
2.
an encounter in which the antagonists are completely and intensely engaged: The dispute evolved into a pitched battle between management and labor.
Origin:
1600–10
1600–10
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Pitched battle
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| pitched battle | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a battle ensuing from the deliberate choice of time and place, engaging all the planned resources |
| 2. | any fierce encounter, esp one with large numbers |
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