boxing match

collocation in English

meaningsofboxingandmatch

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boxing
noun[U]
uk
/ˈbɒk.sɪŋ/us
/ˈbɑːk.sɪŋ/
a sport in which two competitors fight by hitting each other with ...
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match
noun
uk
/mætʃ/us
/mætʃ/
mainly UK
a sports competition or event in which two people or teams compete against ...
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(Definition ofboxingandmatchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofboxing match

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Aboxingmatch, or sporting contests more generally, might look like a promising type of counterexample.
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Oviously, if there was aboxingmatchgoing on, you could say that that was a severe physical effort.
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The same thing might occur with regard to aboxingmatchor anything of that kind.
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I challenge anyone to go to a bigboxingmatchand get very far by handing in at the box office the sum of £2.
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Do they consist of the intervals between the rounds in aboxingmatch?
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It is to stop anyboxingmatch, either professional or amateur, from being arranged for profit.
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The thought of two people participating in aboxingmatchis abhorrent to some people.
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If that were to happen, the enormous sums that pass in relation to a professionalboxingmatchwould no longer be paid, would they?
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I have not watched aboxingmatchsince.
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We are making certain inquiries into the recentboxingmatchand the disgraceful scenes of violence and intimidation that took place there.
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To me, the battle that we are waging against inflation is very like aboxingmatch.
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I had always assumed that the aim of aboxingmatchwas to establish a superiority in a skill.
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Seventeen million viewers recently watched aboxingmatchon television.
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Now the only place one can see a decentboxingmatchis on pay-per-view.
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They have wanted to go for the big exclusive services and for the internationalboxingmatch.
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This is going to be a long war like aboxingmatch.
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What these people want is for a medical man to be present at everyboxingmatchto examine everybody beforehand.
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There may be aboxingmatchgoing on.
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If you are watching aboxingmatch, what is there to prevent a flash advertisement between every round?
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