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fight verb (fought , fighting) 1 tr & intr to attack or engage (an enemy, army, etc) in combat. 2 to take part in or conduct (a battle, campaign, etc). 3 tr & intr (sometimes fight against something or someone) to oppose them (eg an enemy, a person, an illness, a cause, etc) vigorously. 4 intrans to quarrel; to disagree, sometimes coming to blows • They fought all evening. 5 intrans (often fight for something or someone) to struggle or campaign on its or their behalf; to struggle or campaign in an attempt to achieve or maintain it • fight for the right to remain silent. 6 intrans to make (one's way) with a struggle. noun 1 a battle; a physically violent struggle. 2 a quarrel; a dispute; a contest. 3 resistance. 4 the will or strength to resist • lost all his fight. 5 a boxing-match. 6 a campaign or crusade • the fight for freedom. fight a losing battle to continue trying for something when there is little chance of succeeding • She was fighting a losing battle against the illness. fighting fit colloq in vigorous health. fight it out to fight over something until one side wins. fight shy of something to avoid it. fight to the finish to fight until completely exhausted.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon feohtan.

fight back to resist an attacker; to counter an attack.

fight something back or down to try not to show one's emotions, etc.

fight someone off to repulse them (especially an attacker).

fight something off to get rid of or resist (an illness).