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fought (fôt)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

fight

Etymology: ME fauht < OE feaht, 3d pers. sing., past indic., of feohtan

fought Quotes

They fought as they revelled, fast, fiery, and true, And, though victors, they left on the field not a few; And they who survived fought and drank as of yore, But the land of their heart's hope they never saw more, For in far, foreign fields, from Dunkirk to Belgrade Lie the soldiers and chiefs of the Irish Brigade.

—Davis,Thomas Osborne

We have†fought for our place in the sun and have won it.It will be my business to seethat we retain this place in the sun unchallenged.

—Wilhelm II, Kaiser

I started out very quiet and I beat MrTurgenev. Then I trained hard and I beat Mr De Maupassant. I've fought two draws with Stendhal, and I think I had an edge in the last one.But nobody's going to get me in any ring with MrTolstoy unless I'm crazy or I keep getting better.

—Hemingway, Ernest Millar

You have no part with lads who fought And laughed and suffered at my side. Your fugues and symphonies have brought No memory of my friends who died.

—Sassoon, Siegfried Louvain

   That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.

—Tennyson

O flower of Scotland, when will we see your like again, That fought and died for your wee bit hill and glen And stood against him, proud Edward's army, And sent him homeward tae think again.

—Williamson, Roy

'Tis better to have fought and lost, Than never to have fought at all. SeeTennyson 843:34.

—Clough, Arthur Hugh

Now tell us all about the war, And what they fought each other for.

—Southey, Robert

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  2. foul ball
  3. foul line
  4. foul play
  5. foul pole
  6. foul shot
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