give battle to
Example Sentences
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"My brother Brian and I watched the Shoan armies as they went north to give battle to Negus Mikael and his Wollo hordes," he writes.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Castro was holed up on Che Guevara's farm outside Havana, getting ready to give battle to Roca and the old Reds.
From Time Magazine Archive
If there was time to assemble for their defence, the boldest of the youth would frequently seize their arms and give battle to the invaders.
From The History of Sandford and Merton by Day, Thomas
He would give battle to the false charge, the lying circumstance, the implacable phalanxes of the probabilities.
From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles
The cacique said, that on a certain night he of Quigalta would come to give battle to the Governor.
From A Narrative of the expedition of Hernando de Soto into Florida published at Evora in 1557 by A Gentleman of Elvas [pseud.]
