live to fight another day



live to fight another day

to lose a fight or competition but not be completely defeated and therefore be able to try again in the future The anti-pollution campaigners lost the debate but lived to fight another day.
See also: another, fight, live

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Woods[wudz]
'Ovadyah-Biblical Hebrew
Slavica-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
MarlynMAHR-linEnglish
Zachariahzak-ə-RIE-ə (English)English, Biblical
Amani-Arabic