sell one's life dearly
verb
Roget 722:
arm;
raise troops,
mobilize troops;
raise up in arms;
take up the cudgels
etc.
720;
take up arms,
fly to arms,
appeal to arms,
fly to the sword;
draw the sword,
unsheathe the sword;
dig up the hatchet,
dig up the tomahawk;
go to war,
wage war,
let slip the dogs of war"
[Julius Caesar];
cry havoc;
kindle the torch of war,
light the torch of war;
raise one's banner,
raise the fire cross;
hoist the black flag;
throw away,
fling away the scabbard;
enroll,
enlist;
take the field;
take the law into one's own hands;
do battle,
give battle,
join battle,
engage in battle,
go to battle;
flesh one's sword;
set to,
fall to,
engage,
measure swords with,
draw the trigger,
cross swords;
come to blows,
come to close quarters;
fight;
combat;
contend
etc.
720;
battle with,
break a lance with.
[pirates engage in battle]
raise the jolly roger,
run up the jolly roger.
serve;
see service,
be on service,
be on active service;
campaign;
wield the sword,
shoulder a musket,
smell powder,
be under fire;
spill blood,
imbrue the hands in blood;
on the warpath.
carry on war,
carry on hostilities;
keep the field;
fight the good fight;
fight it out,
fight like devils,
fight one's way,
fight hand to hand;
sell one's life dearly;
pay the ferryman's fee.
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Roget 719:
resist;
not submit
etc.
725;
repugn†,
reluct,
reluctate†,
withstand;
stand up against,
strive against,
bear up under,
bear up against,
be proof against,
make head against;
stand,
stand firm,
stand one's ground,
stand the brunt of,
stand out;
hold one's grounds,
hold one's own,
hold out,
hold firm.
breast the wave,
breast the current;
stem the tide,
stem the torrent;
face,
confront,
grapple with;
show a bold front
etc.
(courage)
861;
present a front;
make a stand,
take one's stand.
kick,
kick against;
recalcitrate†,
kick against the pricks;
oppose
etc.
708;
fly in the face of;
lift the hand against
etc.
(attack)
716;
rise up in arms
etc.
(war)
722;
strike,
turn out;
draw up a round robin
etc.
(remonstrate)
932;
revolt
etc.
(disobey)
742;
make a riot.
prendre le mors aux dents [Fr.],
take the bit between the teeth;
sell one's life dearly,
die hard,
keep at bay;
repel,
repulse.
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