to fight
- verb
- /faɪt/
- The administration fought disease, becoming the largest donor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
- fight back
- fight for rights
- fight corruption
It means it's time for you to fight harder to dig in.
- It means it's time for you to fight harder to dig in.
- John Reynolds asks, how do you fight Go Fever?
- I am the man who will fight for your honor.
- But you may be willing to fight it for your children.
- Buckminster Fuller said don't fight the forces, use them.
- You know, you don't fight evil with nice people.
- Some you hoped for and some you fought as hard as you could.
- It just doesn't even work and I can't fight this feeling anymore.
- We will, you know, we will fight for our family.
- You're not just fighting the virus, you're also fighting social stigma.
- And they then saw a chance to fight for him, right?
- Some employers have enough money to fight the various harassment lawsuits.
Examples
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And from then on, we just kept on fighting.
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I am the man who will fight for your honor.
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I said, but good luck because we're going to fight for this.
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So he used the words to fight for freedom.
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We will, you know, we will fight for our family.
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And they then saw a chance to fight for him, right?
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Are these the people we have to fight all the time?
Academic text (2011) -
Embrace your ideals and fight for them with all your heart.
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The NGOs have proved their ability to fight corruption, demand transparency, and promote truly democratic government.
Academic text (1999) -
She decided to fight for her dreams despite the challenges she faced.
Synonyms
To make an effort to do something difficult
To be against something and try to stop it
To protect people and things from attack or harm
Try to win against others who want the same thing
To try very hard to do or deal with something difficult
To try hard to achieve something, especially against difficulty
To fight against someone or something for a long time
Act against authority, rules or change
Resist an attack or criticism by responding
To fight something harmful like a disease or unfair treatment
Compete with others to try to win something
Act with a lot of energy, often fighting, arguing, or working hard
To keep away an attack, illness, or strong unwanted feeling
To resist a person or rule that treats people unfairly
Fight or compete hard until one side wins
Argue strongly to protect an idea or position
To take part in a fight or argument
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 Determined
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb fight comes from an old English word feohtan meaning 'to struggle', and from that it grew the meaning 'to try hard against something'. So to fight for a cause is to work hard to resist or win against it.