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  • verb To fight again.

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Examples

  • WASHINGTON Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday his healthcare overhaul is an important part of efforts to cut the budget deficit and insisted he will not "refight" the battle to pass the law.

    Reuters: Top News 2011

  • WASHINGTON Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Friday his healthcare overhaul is an important part of efforts to cut the budget deficit and insisted he will not "refight" the battle to pass the law.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • What we can't do is refight the battles of the past two years, that distract us from the hard work of moving our economy forward, said Obama.

    Calls for Bipartisanship in Washington Will Be Tested 2011

  • This is the last gasp of the confederacy trying to refight the civil war.

    Rep. Kline to Obama: 'start from scratch' on health care 2009

  • The cuts are real, but the funding gets restored by law the next year, which means Republicans will have to refight the same battles.

    Spending Cut Hokum 2011

  • Schieffer asks about his opposition to health care reform -- now he claims that his criticism was of the "politics" of the reform process, and that he supports the reform package, while not perfect, is good enough that we shouldn't "refight a fight" over it.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2011

  • What we can't do is refight the battles of the past two years that distract us from the hard work of moving our economy forward.

    Obama's Sets Mission For New Team: Accelerate Growth AP 2011

  • "I've heard rumors that a few of you have some concerns about the new health care law," he said to scattered laughter, then urged the legislators not to "refight ... the battles of the last two years."

    Analysis: Obama adjusts course toward the center 2011

  • What we can't do is refight the battles of the past two years that distract us from the hard work of moving our economy forward.

    Obama's Sets Mission For New Team: Accelerate Growth AP 2011

  • Schieffer asks about his opposition to health care reform -- now he claims that his criticism was of the "politics" of the reform process, and that he supports the reform package, while not perfect, is good enough that we shouldn't "refight a fight" over it.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2011

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