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A pitched battle
A straight
fight
Action
Jackson ( Nickname of Stephen Jackson )
Action
Man ( Nickname of Prince Charles )
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Action
Man ( children's male doll )
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Action
packed
Action
painting
Action
plan
Action
replay
Action
stations
Admit
defeat
Affirmative
action
Alamo
City ( Nickname of San Antonio Texas )
All out
war
All's fair in love and
war
Amped up ( excited and ready for
action
)
An uphill battle
Argue
the toss
Armageddon
out of here
Armed
struggle
Art Of
War
( Sun Tzu book )
Art of
war
Articles of
war
Assault
with a deadly weapon
Attack
is the best form of defence
Attack
of the Clones ( George Lucas movie in the Star Wars series )
Battle of the sexes
Battle of wits
Battle ready
Battle royal
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Battle stations
Beat a hasty retreat
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Beat the retreat
Beat your brains out
Beauty
contest
( a political
contest
in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy )
Beauty parade ( a political
contest
in which the result is infuenced by personality and image more than by policy )
Between the wars ( The period between WWI and WWII )
Black and white unite and
fight
( Political slogan )
Breast is best ( slogan of breastfeeding
campaign
)
Call to
action
Cannon fodder
Carry into
action
Charge of the Light Brigade ( British cavalry charge against Russian army in the Crimean
War
and title of a poem by Tennyson )
Clash
of civilizations
Clash
of culture
Clash
of the titans
Class
warfare
Clunk click every trip ( Road Safety
Campaign
advertising slogan )
Combat
fatigue
Combat
ready
Come out fighting
Come out swinging
Conflict
of interest
Conflict
resolution
Crushing
defeat
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of
war
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Denial of service
attack
Divide and
conquer
Dog eat dog
Don't mention the
war
( A catchphrase from Faulty Towers )
Don't you know there's a
war
on? ( WWII slogan )
Eye up the competition
Fight
Club ( Brad Pitt movie )
Fight
For The Right To Party ( Beastie Boys song )
Fight
back
Fight
back the tears
Fight
fire with fire
Fight
like a man
Fight
like cat and dog
Fight
off
Fight
or flight
Fight
shy
Fight
the good
fight
Fight
the power
Fight
tooth and nail
Fog of
war
For every
action
there is an equal and opposite reaction
Front line
Gang
warfare
Gentlemen, you can't
fight
in here! This is the
War
Room ( Dr.Strangelove )
Germ
warfare
Get ready to rumble ( prepare to
fight
or do battle )
Go to
war
Guerrilla
warfare
Had a good
war
( to have been successful during a military
campaign
)
Half the battle
Hand-to-gland
combat
( slang term for masturbation )
He who fights and runs away, may live to
fight
another day
Heart
attack
on a plate
Heart
attack
waiting to happen
How goes the battle?
I want YOU for the US Army ( World
War
I and World
War
II advertising slogan )
If you vote for Goldwater, you'll get a
war
in Vietnam ( Political slogan )
In the heat of battle
Industrial
action
Keep the field ( - continue a military
campaign
)
La Belle Epoque ( the golden age or beautiful era preceding the First World
War
)
Let battle commence
Life and death
struggle
Lights, camera,
action
Line of
attack
Live
action
Live to
fight
another day
Lock horns with
London Calling ( The
Clash
song )
Loose lips sink ships ( World
War
II advertising slogan )
Love is a battlefield
Make love not
war
Make
war
Masters Of
War
( Bob Dylan song )
Meet your Waterloo
Missing in
action
No
contest
Open
warfare
( engaged in active fighting )
Out of
action
Pick a
fight
Piece of the
action
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Pillow
fight
Pissing
contest
Pit your wits against
Pontiac: Designed for
Action
( Pontiac advertising slogan )
Ready and waiting ( alert and prepared for
action
)
Recent unpleasantness
Richard of York gave battle in vain
Running battle
Serious as a heart
attack
She Stoops to
Conquer
( play by Oliver Goldsmith )
Shooting
war
Slice of the
action
Slug it out
Snack
attack
Snatching
defeat
from the jaws of victory
Snatching victory from the jaws of
defeat
Spoiling for a
fight
Spoils of
war
Spring into
action
Stand up
fight
Stand-by for
action
Stop, Look and Listen; remember the Green Cross Code ( UK Road Safety
Campaign
advertising slogan )
Take it to the mattresses
Take the field ( begin a sporting event or a military
campaign
)
The
Alamo
( tourist attraction in the USA )
The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton
The Cold
War
The Last
Action
Hero ( Arnold Schwarzenegger movie )
The
War
Of The Roses ( Michael Douglas movie )
The battle of the bulge
The fog of
war
( confusion caused by the chaos of battle )
The fortunes of
war
The gloves are off
The mother of all
battles
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong ( quotation from the Bible - Ecclesiastes
The
war
to end wars
Throw a beanball ( A baseball expression meaning to
attack
an opponent by aiming at their head )
Tittle tattle lost the battle ( WWII slogan )
Trench
warfare
(
combat
where troops face each other in trenches )
Wage
war
Walking wounded
War
and Peace ( Leo Tolstoy book )
War
baby ( someone born during the
war
- especially the illegitimate child of a soldier )
War
cemetery
War
chalking
War
criminal ( someone who has flouted the Geneva Convention )
War
debt
War
driving
War
eagle ( the golden eagle - used by Native Americans to make headdresses )
War
footing ( preparedness to
fight
a military
campaign
)
War
game ( a simulation of
war
intended as preparation )
War
hero ( someone who acted heroically during a
war
)
War
is hell
War
movie ( a film with
war
as the subject matter )
War
of nerves
War
of words
War
paint
War
room ( the place where
war
plans are directed )
War
torn ( severely damaged by
war
)
War
weary ( tired of
conflict
)
War
widow ( a woman whose husband died in a
war
)
War
zone ( the area that a
war
has taken place )
We will
fight
on the beaches
What did you do in the
war
Daddy?
When
war
is declared, truth is the first casualty
You are in a Beauty
Contest
Every Day of your Life ( Camay Soap advertising slogan )
You can't
fight
city hall
You know it makes sense ( Road Safety
Campaign
advertising slogan )