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Definition of Fight back
1. Verb. Defend oneself.
2. Verb. Fight against or resist strongly. "Don't fight it!"
Generic synonyms: Contend, Fight, Struggle
Specialized synonyms: Recalcitrate, Fend, Resist, Stand, Hold Out, Resist, Stand Firm, Withstand, Drive Back, Fight Off, Rebuff, Repel, Repulse
Derivative terms: Defensive, Fight, Fighter, Fighter, Opponent, Opposer, Opposition
Definition of Fight back
1. Verb. (intransitive) to defend oneself by fighting. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive in sports) to overturn a losing deficit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fight Back
Literary usage of Fight back
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. How to Make Insurance Companies Pay Your Claims by William M. Shernoff (1990)
"CHAPTER 5 You Can fight back and Win Case Study: Egan v. Mutual of Omaha Some
years ago, Michael Egan, a muscular 55-year-old roofer, fell off a ladder. ..."
2. Parents, Peers and Pot II: Parents in Action by Marsha Manatt (1996)
"... AND ZIONSVILLE fight back To drive into any of the small Indiana towns of
Tipton, Pendleton, or Zionsville is to drive into a Norman Rockwell painting. ..."
3. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany: With by Delany (Mary) (1861)
"... from Gibraltar to Minorca, where they found the French ready to receive them,
and after three hours fight, made a running fight back to Gibraltar. ..."
4. Smoke and Mirrors: The Canadian Tobacco War by Rob Cunningham (1996)
""They will succeed unless we fight back, and fight back hard." He said that in
the United States, the industry has begun to fight back and has become far ..."
5. The Sabbath School Visiter by Massachusetts Sabbath School Society (1833)
"rabbit, " not to fight back," what very different scenes we should witness in
this world. Then, we should see none of those little broils, ..."
6. Half My Heart Is in Iraq! by David D. Bayouth (2006)
"... is always asking where daddy is and all you can do is fight back the tears
and push on. I just want to tell Harold that I love him very much and I am so ..."
7. Read & Understand Science Grades 4-6 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Ana Shirazi, Delana Heidrich, Judith Herbst, Kathleen Simpson (2005)
"Then they, in turn, will infect others. Before the day is over, your throat will
feel rough, and your head will ache. fight back, you ..."
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