battle of wits

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   a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used

   Broadercontest

Questions about battle of wits

What does battle of wits mean?

battle of wits means "a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used".

Is battle of wits a common word?

battle of wits is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.