Meaning of fight the good fight | Babel Free

Definitions

To battle or try to achieve something for a noble cause.

Examples

“"My brethren," he said, "since God has not given our people victory in the combat, it must be because he requires of us, his spiritual soldiers, to fight the good fight of martyrdom, [...]"”

“[W]ho had imagined that her instruments of healing were a thermometer and a prayer-book; and who found herself fighting the good fight with a bandage machine?”

“Nothing said heretofore undervalues or denigrates the sacrifices and accomplishments of those who have been out of the closet and fought the good fight for gay rights (often alone and against incredible odds) for so long.”

“Wouldn't it be nobler by far to fight the good fight with all the weapons available: a firm bass voice, a wagging finger, the Bible?”

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