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fight over food vs fight over the food

Both "fight over food" and "fight over the food" are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "Fight over food" is more general and can refer to any situation where people are arguing or competing for food. On the other hand, "fight over the food" is more specific and implies a particular set of food items that are being fought over.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 548 views

fight over food

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to describe a situation where people are arguing or competing for food in a general sense.

Examples:

The siblings always fight over food at the dinner table.
During the famine, people had to fight over food to survive.

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There are territorial fights over food and places to sleep.
We haven't sunk so low that we're going to fight amongst ourselves over food.
We had a knockdown fight over Jason Brodeur.
Or three fights over five hours, six fights over...
I fight over billing, I fight over prescription coverage.
Now Mom and Dad really had something to fight over.
We mustn't fight over una zorra.
You don't have to fight over his goods.
Gentlemen didn't fight over men in those days.
A fight over a girl... very exciting.
The second bus driver was looking at a fight over oranges.
We got into a fight over this boy she was seeing.
They got into a physical fight over something that happened in Fallujah.
As a layperson, I totally get why you would fight over Jenna.
That's nothing to fight over.
Then my sister and I would fight over the catalogue.
My brother and I used to fight over those.
Daphne, do not ever fight over money.
Laurel, I don't want to fight over a guy.
Throwing out a bone and watching us fight over it.

Alternatives:

argue over food
compete for food
quarrel over food
bicker over food
struggle for food

fight over the food

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used when referring to a specific set of food items that people are arguing or competing for.

Examples:

The children fought over the food on the table.
The guests started to fight over the food at the buffet.

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There are territorial fights over food and places to sleep.
We haven't sunk so low that we're going to fight amongst ourselves over food.
Then my sister and I would fight over the catalogue.
We're selling the fight over the wireless.
Fight over the bathroom in the morning.
And then we could all fight over the dark meat.
It's not the time to fight over the turf.
Fight over the bathroom in the morning.
Everyday there were fights over the vaccine.
So families will not have to fight over the morning washing.
Others say that it was a fight over the soccer game.
We should link arms, not fight over the crumbs.
Pam moments is in our final season where they get in the fight over the phone.
And believe it or not, they fight over the few eligible bachelors.
I saw two women get in a slap fight over the last box of stuffing mix.
People just fight over the silliest little things.
No, apparently they throw one another to the wolves then fight over the scraps.
The divorce... there's a fight over the team.
Father of the poet Petr Bezruč. In 1858 - 59 he was a professor at Jihlava Gymnasium. Renowned for fights over the Manuscripts.
"Ignacio del Valle," I come bringing this name while those above fight over the names of Fox, Calderón and López Obrador.

Alternatives:

argue over the food
compete for the food
quarrel over the food
bicker over the food
struggle for the food

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