Word info

live to fight another day

Verb

Meaning

live to fight another day (third-person singular simple present lives to fight another day, present participle living to fight another day, simple past and past participle lived to fight another day)

To persist despite a failure or difficulty.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

And at the end of the day, if the movie's no good, I'll live to fight another day. Scott Caan

Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, live to fight another day. Bob Marley

He who fights and runs away may live to fight another day. Hasidic Proverb

He that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day. Traditional Proverb

He that fights and runs away may live to fight another day. American Proverb

Knecht, Catherine de' Medici, 263. As usual, Catherine advised the king, who had fled the city in the nick of time, to compromise and live to fight another day. Source: Internet

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