join battle

idiom

formal
: to begin fighting : to engage in battle
troops joining battle against a hated enemy

Examples of join battle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And two more past winners, Nightmare Alley’s Cate Blanchett and Parallel Mothers’ Penélope Cruz, may yet arrive and invite their partisans to join battle. Nate Jones, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2021

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'join battle.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Dictionary Entries Near join battle

Cite this Entry

“Join battle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/join%20battle. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!