took field (verb) fight: engage in physical encounter
Sinonime: altercate,
assault,
attack, bandy with,
battle, bear arms, bicker,
box,
brawl, brush with,
buck, carry on war,
challenge,
clash,
contend, cross swords,
dispute, do battle, duel, exchange blows,
feud, flare up, go to war,
grapple, joust,
meet, mix it up, oppugn, ply weapons,
protect,
quarrel,
repel,
resist,
rowdy,
scrap, scuffle, skirmish, spar,
strive,
struggle, take all comers, take the field, take up the gauntlet, tiff, tilt,
traverse, tug,
tussle, wage war,
war,
withstand, wrangle, wrestle
Antonime: agree, make peace,
surrender,
yield