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à outrance /ɑː ˈuːtrɒ̃s / /a utʀɑ̃s/adverb literaryTo the death or the very end: a duel à outrance...- And, they believed that it had to be taken seriously, and fought à outrance, with everything they had.
- Wheeling away from a committed charge was the mass equivalent of dodging a punch, and in Crusade engagements the Turks would often frustrate the European desire for battle à outrance.
- As it turned out, it came at the beginning of a rhetorical guerre à outrance over the reputation of the former pope which, like some grim battle of attrition, has not abated even after 40 years.
Origin French, literally 'to the utmost'. Rhymes advance, Afrikaans, chance, dance, enhance, entrance, faience, France, glance, lance, mischance, outdance, perchance, prance, Provence, stance, trance |