confront the enemy

Frequency: 7.311.5 per million words

To face or deal with the enemy directly.

enemyVERB + NOUN

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confront

Examples (10)

  • The general ordered his troops to confront the enemy at dawn.
  • Historically, armies had to confront the enemy in open battlefields.
  • To overcome her fears, she knew she had to confront the enemy within.
  • We will confront the enemy on our own terms, not theirs.
  • The veteran soldier has confronted the enemy on many fronts.
  • The new leader promised to confront the enemy of corruption head-on.
  • Confronting the enemy requires both courage and strategy.
  • If we don't confront the enemy now, they will only grow stronger.
  • In the debate, she was ready to confront her political enemy on every issue.
  • The decision was made that the enemy must be confronted before they reached the city.