trenches
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trenches pl (plural only)
- The front line of any field of endeavor, as the line of scrimmage in American football, patrol duty for a policeman.
- 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Prologue:
- Anderson: We've all reviewed your reports, seen the data you collected, but it's all just theory to us.
Anderson: You've been there. In the trenches. Fighting them. You know what they're capable of.
- (figurative) A difficult or disadvantageous situation; a low point.
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trenches
- third-person singular simple present indicative of trench
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