fight windmills en · VERB
Meanings
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Synonym of tilt at windmills.
But even if the moral costs do not concern you, then be concerned with the financial costs; the billions we are all paying to fight windmills.
2025 January 19, Heba Gowayed, “The Laken Riley Act exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy on immigration”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fought windmills | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fought windmills | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fights windmills | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fighting windmills | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |