Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
- yield
- cease opposition; stop fighting
- ante
- place one's stake
- pitch
- lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
- move
- have a turn; make one's move in a game
- staff
- provide with staff
- blockade
- impose a blockade on
- tug
- struggle in opposition
- stand
- withstand the force of something
- check
- decline to initiate betting
- reassail
- assail again
- staff
- serve on the staff of
- outsmart
- beat through cleverness and wit
- encounter
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- barricade
- prevent access to by barricading
- enlist
- join the military
- shuttlecock
- send or toss to and fro, like a shuttlecock
- fence
- surround with a wall in order to fortify
- bandy
- toss or strike a ball back and forth
- forearm
- arm in advance of a confrontation
- keep up
- maintain a required pace or level
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