meet the enemy
Frequency: 7.110.0 per million words
To come into contact or conflict with the enemy.
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Examples (10)
- The soldiers prepared to meet the enemy at dawn.
- At the Battle of Hastings, the Saxon army met the enemy on Senlac Hill.
- Our strategy is to meet the enemy on ground of our own choosing.
- The young recruit was terrified when he first met the enemy.
- In the world of tech, we meet our enemy not on the battlefield, but in the marketplace.
- The general gave the order for the cavalry to meet the enemy's charge.
- By tomorrow, the fleet will have met the enemy in a decisive naval battle.
- "Are you prepared to meet the enemy?" the captain asked his men.
- Sometimes, you must meet the enemy within before you can face the one outside.
- If we were to meet the enemy now, our chances of victory would be slim.