Foe Noun - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation And Usage Notes

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Definition of foe noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

foe noun  /fəʊ/  /fəʊ/(old-fashioned or formal) jump to other results
  1. an enemy
    • She was unsure as yet whether he was friend or foe.
    Extra Examples
    • He knew that Carlton could be an implacable foe.
    • His newspaper articles criticized friend and foe alike.
    • In the final, they will play against their old foes, Italy.
    • She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes.
    • to join forces against a common foe
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bitter
    • dangerous
    • deadly
    • …
    verb + foe
    • defeat
    • vanquish
    • fight
    • …
    preposition
    • against a foe
    phrases
    • friend and foe
    • friend or foe
    See full entry    Word OriginOld English fāh ‘hostile’ and gefā ‘enemy’, of West Germanic origin; related to feud.

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