A BATTLE OF WILLS

Read the sentences bellow and try to figure the meaning f A BATTLE OF WILLS.

The President offered compromises to parliament to defuse the battle of wills over who should wield power.

Instead I was getting myself into an increasingly confrontational situation, a battle of wills, with the Director of Coaching.

A battle of wills, no less, between pursuer and prey.

This follows whispers of an alleged battle of wills with manager Don Mackay.

After two days even, the smallest decision could become an exhausting battle of wills.

A drawn-out battle of wills began, with my having to stone-wall both in London and on visits to Moscow.

The battle of wills between them forms the backbone of the story.

In fact, their battle of wills is escalating.

Each refusing to compromise, the husband and wife entered into a battle of wills as they attempted to negotiate their divorce settlement.

It was a battle of wills, and Grace's was the stronger.

All that was left was a mutual struggle, a battle of wills, which became totally exhausting.

MEANINGS:

If an argument or conflict is a battle of wills, the person with the strongest beliefs or personality will win.

A competition in which opposing sides are unrelenting in their attempts to achieve a particular outcome.

A battle of wills is a situation that involves people who try to defeat each other by refusing to change their own aims or demands and hoping that their opponents will weaken first.

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