fight an uphill battle

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• fight an uphill battle — When you fight an uphill battle, you have to struggle against very unfavourable circumstances …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• fight an uphill battle —    When you fight an uphill battle, you have to struggle against very unfavourable circumstances.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    A person faced with an uphill battle has to struggle against very unfavourable circumstances.     After the… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Battle of Himera (480 BC) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Himera partof=The Sicilian Wars campaign=The First Sicilian War http://www.livius.org/a/1/maps/sicily map.gifMarco Prins Jona Lendering] with all the Phoenician and Greek settlementsdate=480 BC… …   Wikipedia

• battle — Ⅰ. battle UK US /ˈbætl/ noun ► [C] a competition or argument between two or more people or organizations for power or control: battle for/over sth »They were locked in a battle for boardroom control. battle against/with sb »If you want to stay in …   Financial and business terms

• battle — bat|tle1 W2 [ˈbætl] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(fight)¦ 2¦(competition/argument)¦ 3¦(change bad situation)¦ 4 be half the battle 5 a battle of wits 6 battle of wills 7 do battle (with somebody) 8 fight your own battles 9 the battle of …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Battle of Graignes — Shortly after 2:00 am on D Day, twelve planeloads of paratroopers from the 3rd Battalion 507th PIR were scattered throughout the marshes south of Carentan. They were supposed to have been dropped eighteen miles to the northwest at drop zone “T”… …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Balaclava — (Balaklava) Part of the Crimean War Charge of the Light Brigade by Richard Cat …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Delville Wood — Part of the Battle of the Somme in the First World War …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Curlew Pass — Part of the Nine Years War The Gaelic Chieftain statue overlooks the battlefield today …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Mount Tumbledown — Part of Falklands War Mount Tumbledown, Two Sisters, and Wireless Ridge from Stanley Harbour …   Wikipedia

• Battle of Pea Ridge — Infobox Military Conflict conflict = Battle of Pea Ridge caption = Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. , by Kurz and Allison. partof = the American Civil War date = March 7ndash March 8, 1862 place = Benton County, Arkansas result = Union victory… …   Wikipedia