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
HegeHE-geNorwegian, Danish
Heydar-Persian
Lalla-Literature
Chike-Western African, Igbo
UlrikOOL-rikDanish, Swedish, Norwegian
Aleksej-Slovene