warfare involving physical combat instead of weapons / (figuratively) activity involving large amounts of physical contact, especially sports

lunging towards an enemy as if one was a projectile

participation, commitment

to participate, to join, to enter

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

(archaic) a battle, conflict, fight, war

a battle, conflict, fight, war / a game, match / a competition, contest / a shiver, shudder, tremble

(especially in sports) match, competition, contest