to fight
- verb
- /faɪt/
- They had to fight against the harsh weather to complete the marathon.
- stop fighting
- fight back
- fight each other
Sat down and when I said it's time to fight, he was gone.
- Sat down and when I said it's time to fight, he was gone.
- OK, so you had to fight KSI, Logan, Jake.
- And so they'll still fight you on this today.
- Was that the one where he fights the octopus guy?
- And that is a battle to be fought because who gets it?
- You have now proven that you could fight the bear.
- And those, those nine months were campaigning, fighting this this country's threats.
- It's the first time that Crawford fights someone like Benavides.
Examples
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We marched and fought and took more villages.
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When faced with injustice, she decided to fight for her rights.
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You can either stand with me and fight, or you can die.
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Get up and fight me like a man.
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Why did we have to fight?
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You have now proven that you could fight the bear.
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And so they'll still fight you on this today.
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Canidius, we will fight with him by sea.
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Hundreds of American soldiers have lost limbs fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Academic text (2011) -
If Ederne falls, we shall fight to retake her.
Synonyms
To speak angrily with someone because you disagree
To fight against someone or something for a long time
To fight against someone or something, often with great effort
To fight something harmful like a disease or unfair treatment
To struggle with a difficult problem or decision
Compete with others to try to win something
To disagree strongly with another person or group
To argue angrily with someone about small things
To have a long bitter argument with someone
Talk angrily to someone because of a disagreement
To fight loudly and violently in a public place
To start fighting physically with someone after an argument
To fight a long armed conflict against another country or group
To fight roughly with another person at close range
To argue loudly for a long time
To argue in a friendly, quick way without serious anger
Argue strongly with someone, often in public
Argue strongly to protect an idea or position
To fight briefly at close range by pushing or grabbing
To take part in a fight or argument
Argue with someone and feel angry or upset afterward
To hit another person with your bare hands in a fight
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Try very hard to do something even though you will probably fail
- Informal
To try to challenge the government or people in power when success seems unlikely
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To sit on another person's shoulders and try to knock the other person off
Compounds
- Literature
An attempt by some shareholders to get enough votes to replace company leaders and gain control
How Violent
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb fight comes from an old English word feohtan that meant 'to strike' or 'to take part in a struggle'. So to fight is to join a physical or verbal conflict.