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Discover LudwigThe phrase "rearguard action" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to refer to a defensive action or strategy that is taken when a more aggressive action is not possible or desirable. For example, "The government had to take a rearguard action in order to avoid a full-blown trade war with its trading partners."
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Good luck with the rearguard action.
Mr Cheney, in particular, is fighting a fierce rearguard action.
Now they are fighting a vigorous rearguard action.
A successful rearguard action then saved many of their lives.
A lower score but an even greater rearguard action.
"I've moved on, but they're still fighting a rearguard action.
Yet the army has not merely fought a rearguard action against the cuts.
Bonds can have no complaints about his legal team, who have fought a relentless rearguard action.
But GM still looks embattled, fighting a rearguard action while others are advancing.
The visitors escaped the subsequent corner but their rearguard action had only just begun.
Only a strong rearguard action in November and December prevented further Austrian advances.
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