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have a dog in the fight idiom(alsohave a dog in this fight) to be involved in or affected by a situation personally: Donations of money should not be accepted from people who have a dog in the fight. Lawyers could hold a grudge against a particular judge, or vice versa, but jurors do not have a dog in the fight. This is between myself and my insurance company and I don't see that the government has any dog in the fight. We don't have a dog in this fight — we're just here to fix a problem. We have no dog in this fight, but we want a fair outcome for everybody. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Taking part and getting involved actor all in along attendee be (a) party to somethingidiom concern engage go all in go in on something hat have a horse in the raceidiom have skin in the gameidiom muscle neck pitch in plunge plunge in/plunge into something punch above your weightidiom re-engage thick |