win the battle, but lose the war (English, verb)
expansion: win the battle, but lose the war (third-person singular simple present wins the battle, but loses the war, present participle winning the battle, but losing the war, simple past and past participle won the battle, but lost the war)
Senses:
glosses: To achieve a portion of a goal, but fail to achieve the entire goal.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: wins the battle, but loses the war
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: winning the battle, but losing the war
tags: participle
present
singular
third-person
form: won the battle, but lost the war
tags: participle
past
present
singular
third-person
form: won the battle, but lost the war
tags: past
present
singular
third-person