do battle

do battle (with something)

to compete or argue with someone We plan to teach groups that normally do battle with each other to cooperate. Jessie liked to do battle with her brother.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of do battle (to fight against a military force)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Driskoll	DRIS-kəl	English (Rare)
Gulnara	-	Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz
Karel	KAH-rəl (Dutch), KAH-rel (Czech)	Dutch, Czech, Slovene
Morgan (1)	MAWR-gən (English)	Welsh, English, French
Donatella	do-nah-TEL-lah	Italian
Donnie	DAHN-ee	English