enter the lists

enter the lists
phrasal to engage in a fight or struggle

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • enter the lists — ► enter the lists issue or accept a challenge. Main Entry: ↑list …   English terms dictionary

  • enter the lists — phrasal : to accept a challenge : engage in contest enter the lists against the forces of corruption * * * enter the lists To come forward for contest or to do battle • • • Main Entry: ↑list * * * enter the lists british formal phrase …   Useful english dictionary

  • To enter the lists — List List (l[i^]st), n. [F. lice, LL. liciae, pl., from L. licium thread, girdle.] A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • enter the lists — issue or accept a challenge. → list …   English new terms dictionary

  • enter the lists — British formal to become involved in a competition or argument …   English dictionary

  • Enter the Matrix — Infobox VG title = Enter the Matrix caption= developer = Shiny Entertainment publisher = Atari/Warner Brothers Interactive Konami (JPN) designer = David Perry engine = released = vgrelease|North America|NA|May 14, 2003 vgrelease|PAL… …   Wikipedia

  • lists — /lists/, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. an enclosed arena for a tilting contest. 2. the barriers enclosing this arena. 3. any place or scene of combat, competition, controversy, etc. 4. enter the lists, to involve oneself in a conflict or… …   Universalium

  • lists — [lists] pl.n. [ME listes, specialized use of liste, border, hedging, boundary (see LIST1), prob. infl. by OFr lisse (Fr lice) in same sense < Frank * listia < Gmc * lista, LIST1] 1. a) in the Middle Ages, a high fence of stakes enclosing… …   English World dictionary

  • lists — n. combat arena to enter the lists * * * [ combat arena ] to enter the lists …   Combinatory dictionary

  • lists — /lɪsts/ (say lists) plural noun 1. the barriers enclosing the field of combat at a tournament. 2. the enclosed field. 3. any place or scene of combat. –phrase 4. enter the lists, to take part in a contest or competition; to begin to take part in… …  

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