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hard-fought

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hard´-fought`    (~fạt`)
a.1.Vigorously contested by both opponents; - of contests; as, a hard-fought battle; a hard-fought primary election.
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Adj.1.hard-fought - requiring great effort; "a hard-fought primary"
difficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
Translations
hard-fought [ˈhɑːdˈfɔːt] ADJ → muy reñido
hard-fought [ˌhɑːdˈfɔːt] adj (battle, campaign) → accanito/a
hard-fought [ˌhɑːdˈfɔːt] adj (battle, campaign) → accanito/a


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Tom's army won a great victory, after a long and hard-fought battle.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
At last our school ranks took their ground, The hard-fought field I won; The prize, a laurel-wreath, was bound My throbbing forehead on.
The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
Crew passes on without a stagger; East is hurled forward by the shock, and plunges on his shoulder, as if he would bury himself in the ground; but the ball rises straight into the air, and falls behind Crew's back, while the "bravoes" of the School- house attest the pluckiest charge of all that hard-fought day.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
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