enemy : Idioms & Phrases
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Alien enemy
(Law) , one who owes allegiance to a government at war with ours. Abbott.
Webster 1913
mortal enemy
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noun an enemy who wants to kill you
WordNet
Mortal foe , Mortal enemy
- an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.
Webster 1913
Sworn enemies
- determined or irreconcilable enemies.
Webster 1913
The enemy
(Mil.) , the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.
Webster 1913
To turn a hostile army , To turn the enemy's flank , or the like
(Mil.) , to pass round it, and take a position behind it or upon its side.
