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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: back in the fray #58191 02/21/02 10:29 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 144 London, UK R rkay member rkay member R Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 144 London, UK According to Collins: Fray = (1) a noisy quarrel (2) a fight or brawl [C14: short for affray] Back in the fray implies having taken a breather and then gone back to the fight. As to the others, 'nose to the grindstone' or 'back to the grindstone' are both in fairly common use. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted back in the fray belligerentyouth 02/21/02 10:22 PM Re: back in the fray rkay 02/21/02 10:29 PM Re: back in the fray wwh 02/21/02 10:41 PM Re: back in the fray belligerentyouth 02/21/02 10:58 PM Re: back in the fray belMarduk 02/21/02 11:07 PM Re: back in the fray WhitmanO'Neill 02/21/02 11:14 PM Re: back in the fray AnnaStrophic 02/21/02 11:05 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/21/02 11:18 PM Re: back in the fray belligerentyouth 02/21/02 11:35 PM Re: back in the fray duncan large 02/22/02 12:34 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,994 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 848 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 5 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,955 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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