Meaning & use

dogfight

noun·Advanced

A close, fast-moving combat between fighter aircraft, or any fierce close competition.

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The pilot barely survived a dogfight with two enemy planes.

The election turned into a dogfight between two evenly matched candidates.

A note on using this word

Dogfight originally described aerial combat but is now common figuratively for any intense, closely contested struggle.

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