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单词 carry the war into the enemy's camp
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to carry the war into the enemy's camp
P10. to carry the war into the enemy's camp and variants: to attack a person or thing, rather than acting defensively; to go on the offensive against a person, organization, etc. Similarly to carry the war into Africa (chiefly U.S.).In quot. 1791 in metaphorical use.
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society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (intransitive)]
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to carry the war into the enemy's camp1791
hop over1929
1791 Gen. Evening Post 7 May Ministers..rightly thinking that it was a good military manœuvre, when pressed themselves, to carry the war into the enemy's country, seized on what he had said..and..strove to make it a topic of popular libel.
1827 Niles' Weekly Reg. 7 Apr. 97/2 The readers of the ‘Register’ will, I hope, excuse this repulsion of a gross assault. I feel able to defend myself, and to carry the war into an enemy's camp too, if I please.
1828 Reg. Deb. Congr. 4 i. 1315 I shall not..act in mere self-defence. I shall carry the war into Africa.
1835 R. J. Mackintosh Mem. Life Sir J. Mackinstosh I. 81 Nor was this production altogether defensive; the war was now and then carried into the enemy's quarters.
1927 L. P. Hartley in C. Asquith Black Cap 47 ‘I don't think Rollo is slow,’ remarked Jimmy, hoping to carry the war into her country.
1938 H. McCloy Dance of Death xx. 237 Her smile annoyed Basil. He carried the war into Africa. ‘Are you aware that M. Pasquale takes morphine?’
2004 A. Lustig in A. Lustig et al. Darwinian Heresies iv. 69 They [sc. evolutionary biologists] also carry the war into the enemy's camp, aiming not only to safeguard their own work but also to vitiate the very underpinnings of religion.
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to carry the war into the enemy's camp (into Africa, etc.)
c. to carry the war into the enemy's camp (into Africa, etc.): see carry v. Phrases 10.
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