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BATTLE OF WITS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of wits mean?
• BATTLE OF WITS (noun)
The noun BATTLE OF WITS has 1 sense:
1. a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used
Familiarity information: BATTLE OF WITS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("battle of wits" is a kind of...):
contest (a struggle between rivals)
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