fight unfairly
fight unfairly, Plu. Aud.poet. 2.32b, Luc. Demon. 49.
2 fight against odds, use desperate expedients
fight against odds, use desperate expedients, Phlp. in GC 16.28.
The corpus record
κᾰκο-μᾰχέω
kakomacheo
fight unfairly
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