From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe forces of good/evil etcthe forces of good/evil etcliterary people or things that increase the amount of good or bad in the world the battle against the forces of evil → force
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the forces of good/evil etc• Television is therefore seen to be taking the moral high ground, the side of the punter against the forces of evil.• Now he's restating his submission to the Bara Bhai and the forces of good.• It will be a struggle between your hero and whatever associates he may have and the forces of evil opposed to him.• It is an age-old heresy to see the world as a battleground between the forces of good and evil.• At the core of Hampden Babylon is a titanic struggle between the forces of good and evil.• It could fight the forces of evil. 