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English
Etymology
After the knightly practice of jousting.
Verb
break a lance (third-person singular simple present breaks a lance, present participle breaking a lance, simple past broke a lance, past participle broken a lance)
- (intransitive) to take a stand, to contend
2003, Paul and the Corinthians: Studies on a Community in Conflict : Essays in Honour of Margaret Thrall, E. J. Brill, →ISBN, page 303:But over the difficult and important passage 2 Cor 12:1 10 she breaks a lance with me, and a response here may be a testimony to the seriousness with which I treat her comments.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, a, lance.
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