(of armies) to face each other, ready for battle; (sports) (of two teams) to play against each other

to go into battle

disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration

touchdown; try (sports)

just before the battle; to approach the front line

(math.) matrix

to take the lead

battle formation

to cheer; to root for

to bring up the rear; to provide support; to hold the lines

to challenge an opponent to a fight

the enemy ranks

square-shaped formation (military); phalanx; (math.) matrix

lattice; dot matrix; bitmap

a diversion; a feint attack to mislead the enemy

(sports) to miss a game (due to injury, suspension etc); to sit out a match

to be defeated on the battlefield; to be beaten in a contest

maze

at that time; then

eight-trigram battle array; (fig.) mystifying tactics

giant stone arrangement; Stonehenge

brothel (esp. in Yuan theater)

stratagem to trap sb; to bewitch and trap

single-line formation (army); fig. long line

(archaic) formation of infantrymen led by chariots

(math.) adjugate matrix; classical adjoint matrix

(idiom) to charge into battle; (fig.) to be on the front lines

(dialect) to chat; to gossip; to spin a yarn

lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom); fig. to go all out; to come out in the open