enter+the+lists

  • 1enter the lists — ► enter the lists issue or accept a challenge. Main Entry: ↑list …

    English terms dictionary

  • 2enter the lists — phrasal : to accept a challenge : engage in contest enter the lists against the forces of corruption * * * enter the lists To come forward for contest or to do battle • • • Main Entry: ↑list * * * enter the lists british formal phrase …

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  • 3To enter the lists — List List (l[i^]st), n. [F. lice, LL. liciae, pl., from L. licium thread, girdle.] A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4enter the lists — phrasal to engage in a fight or struggle …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5enter the lists — issue or accept a challenge. → list …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 6enter the lists — British formal to become involved in a competition or argument …

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  • 8lists — /lists/, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. an enclosed arena for a tilting contest. 2. the barriers enclosing this arena. 3. any place or scene of combat, competition, controversy, etc. 4. enter the lists, to involve oneself in a conflict or… …

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  • 9lists — [lists] pl.n. [ME listes, specialized use of liste, border, hedging, boundary (see LIST1), prob. infl. by OFr lisse (Fr lice) in same sense < Frank * listia < Gmc * lista, LIST1] 1. a) in the Middle Ages, a high fence of stakes enclosing… …

    English World dictionary

  • 10lists — n. combat arena to enter the lists * * * [ combat arena ] to enter the lists …

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