live to fight another day

English

Alternative forms

• live to see another day

Verb

live to fight another day (third-person singular simple present lives to fight another day, present participle living to fight another day, simple past and past participle lived to fight another day)

1. To persist despite a failure or difficulty.

Further reading

• “live to fight another day”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “live to fight another day”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “live to fight/see another day” (US) / “live to fight/see another day” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.