fight windmills

verb

Synonym of tilt at windmills.

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Meanings

verbfight windmills (third-person singular simple present fights windmills, present participle fighting windmills, simple past and past participle fought windmills)

present singular third person fights windmills · participle present fighting windmills · participle past fought windmills · past fought windmills

  1. Synonym of tilt at windmills.

    But even if the moral costs do not concern you, then be concerned with the financial costs; the billions we are all paying to fight windmills.

    2025 January 19, Heba Gowayed, “The Laken Riley Act exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy on immigration”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Synonyms: tilt at windmills

Synonyms & antonyms

verbSynonym of tilt at windmills.

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APA

fight windmills. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fight%20windmills

MLA

“fight windmills.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fight%20windmills. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fight windmills,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fight%20windmills.

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