Idiom
fight a losing battle
Meaning
To attempt a task or other endeavor in which there is no chance that it will succeed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is fighting a losing battle trying to fix that old car.”
“The company is fighting a losing battle against its much larger competitors in the market.”
“Despite his best efforts to restore the crumbling foundation, he realized he was fighting a losing battle against the relentless passage of time.”
Examples
simple
“He is fighting a losing battle trying to fix that old car.”
contextual
“The company is fighting a losing battle against its much larger competitors in the market.”
complex
“Despite his best efforts to restore the crumbling foundation, he realized he was fighting a losing battle against the relentless passage of time.”
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