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Fight and fight again, nothing less (5)

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I believe the answer is:

foray

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'less' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

'fight and fight again nothing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'nothing' could be 'o' (looks like zero - 0) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'fight' could be 'fray' (fray is a kind of fight) and 'fray' is located in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for foray that I've seen before include "Depredation" , "Raid into enemy territory" , "Raid or incursion" , "Sortie" , "Brief incursion" .)

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