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fight back

verb

Meaning

  1. To defend oneself by fighting.
  2. To counterattack; to resist an attack.
  3. To repress; to struggle to repress.
  4. (in sports) to overturn a losing deficit.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

fight(English)fight down(English)oppose(English)defend(English)put up a fight(English)stick up(English)befight(English)ward(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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