on the attack
Definition
› to act in a strong, determined way to defeat someone or something, often in a game or competition: In the second half, the Panthers went on the attack and they scored after two minutes. The Democrats have changed their campaign strategy, and are now on the attack against the Republicans.
(Definition of on the attack from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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