How to pronounce “enter the lists”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (UK, figuratively) To take part in a struggle or conflict.

Practice Nearby Words

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mentalists, entrusts, centralist, generalists, centralis, centralized, centralised, strelitz, satirists, satellites