true enemy

Frequency: 7.613.5 per million words

The genuine enemy, not someone or something else mistakenly identified as such.

enemyADJECTIVE + NOUN

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Examples (10)

  • We must identify the true enemy behind this conspiracy.
  • He realized his true enemy was not his competitor but his own fear.
  • The general warned that complacency, not the rebels, was their true enemy.
  • After years of conflict, she discovered who her true enemy really was.
  • The detective knew the true enemy was still out there, waiting.
  • In business, your true enemy is often your own limitations.
  • They finally faced their true enemy in the final battle.
  • The true enemy of progress is ignorance, not opposition.
  • She had been fighting shadows when her true enemy was closer than she thought.
  • Time revealed that pride was his true enemy all along.