join battle with
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To the hairy-handed frontier town of Elyria, Ohio came the Rev. John Jay Shipherd to join battle with the Devil.
From Time Magazine Archive
But if we do not join battle with them it would be to our great dishonour, and we should make them full of courage against any others of our Law.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Zurara, Gomes Eannes de
Who caused Tiâmat to revolt, to join battle with me?
From The Babylonian Legends of the Creation by Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir
The Romans, for their part, were eager to join battle with all speed: their force was a strong one, they had little provision, and consequently would often go up to the foe's palisade.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 6 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus And Alexander Severus by Foster, Herbert Baldwin
The latter were not slow to join battle with the same weapons.
From The White Feather by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
