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ALL meanings of lose/win the battle, win/lose the war

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  • phrase lose/win the battle, win/lose the war If you say that someone has lost the battle, but won the war, you mean that although they have been defeated in a small conflict they have won a larger, more important one of which it was a part. If you say that someone has won the battle but lost the war, you mean that they have won the small conflict but lost the larger one. 0
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