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
Gabr-Arabic
Giltbert-Ancient Germanic
Prem-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali
TadeÁŠ-Czech, Slovak
Meadows[medəuz]
KeithKEETHEnglish, Scottish