battle royal



action, aerial combat, affray, armoured combat, battle, brush, bullfight, clash, clash of arms, cock-fight, combat, conflict, dogfight, embroilment, exchange of blows,

   to the brim - ad infinitum, all over, heart and soul, in all respects, overall, through and through, throughout, to the hilt ,

   chuck-a-luck - bingo, craps, hazard, horse racing, numbers, pinball, policy, roulette, shell game, sweepstakes ,

   take a nap - doze, drowse, nap, oversleep, rest, retire, sleep, slumber, snore ,

   national assembly - assembly, bicameral legislature, board of aldermen, chamber of deputies, city board, city council, commission, common council, congress, court, diet, federal assembly, general assembly, house of assembly, legislative assembly,

   double-dealer - Artful Dodger, Benedict Arnold, Casanova, Don Juan, Judas, Machiavellian, actor, betrayer, charmer, cheat, cockatrice, come on, conniver, conspirator, convict,

   man of old - Stone Age man, aborigine, ancient, antediluvian, anthropoid, bushman, caveman, hominid, humanoid, missing link, prehistoric man, primate, primitive, troglodyte ,

   repine - be sorry for, bemoan, bewail, deplore, dirge, fuss, give sorrow words, grieve, keen, kick, knell, lament, moan, mourn, murmur,

   stooge - Thespian, act, act as foil, actor, actress, adherent, agent, also-ran, antagonist, appear, appendage, apple-polisher, appliance, ass-licker, attendant,

   rescind - abbreviate, abolish, abridge, abrogate, annul, blot out, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, cancel, censor, countermand, cross out, cut, delete, dismantle,

   offing - background, by-and-by, course ahead, crystal ball, determinism, distant future, eventuality, expectation, foresight, forward look, future, future tense, futurism, futurity, hereafter,