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Fought back to the ropes. Fought to the bitter end. A pugilistic phrase.
“It is a battle that must be fought game, and right back to the ropes.”—Boldrewood: Robbery Under Arms, chap. xxxiii.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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