Meaning & use
dogfight
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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