fight to the finish

fight to the finish (plural fights to the finish)

1. A competition in which both parties continue until one side is unequivocally defeated.

   Synonym: fight to the death

   • [1996 March 15, Leyla Linton, “London students sing their defiance”, in The Times‎, number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, column 2:

     Pei Ling Wu, 30, said: "I am worried about my family, but they do not want to leave Taiwan. They want to defend their country and fight to the end. If China continues to push us, independence is the only solution."]

• “fight to the finish”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “fight to the finish”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “a fight to the finish”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “a fight to the finish” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.