Fight meaning
To fight is defined as to participate in a physical or verbal disagreement, or to face something and struggle through it.
An example of to fight is for a teenager to argue with his mother over his curfew.
An example of to fight is to remain strong through a battle with cancer.
verb
To make (one's way) by struggle or striving.
Fought my way to the top.
verb
The definition of a fight is a contest or a struggle.
An example of a fight is a boxing match.
noun
A struggle to achieve an objective.
A fight for the attainment of civil rights.
noun
To strive vigorously and resolutely, as in trying to overcome something; contend.
Fought against graft; fighting for her rights.
verb
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To argue or quarrel; dispute.
verb
The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity.
I just didn't have any fight left in me.
noun
To engage in or carry on (a war, conflict, case, etc.)
verb
To gain by struggle.
To fight one's way to the top.
verb
To cause to fight; manage (a boxer, gamecock, etc.)
verb
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A physical struggle; battle; combat.
noun
Any struggle, contest, or quarrel.
noun
Power or readiness to fight; pugnacious spirit.
Full of fight.
noun
To engage in a quarrel; argue.
They are always fighting about money.
verb
A quarrel or conflict.
Newlyweds having a fight over chores.
noun
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To struggle or work hard in trying to beat or overcome someone or something; contend.
verb
To try to overcome; struggle against or contend with.
To fight a head cold, legislation to fight poverty.
verb
A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons.
noun
fight fire with fire
- To combat one evil or one set of negative circumstances by reacting in kind.
idiom
fight shy of
- To avoid meeting or confronting.
idiom
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fight it out
- To fight until one side is defeated.
idiom
fight off
- To repel an attack by.
- To struggle to avoid.To fight off starvation.
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of fight
- Middle English fighten from Old English feohtan, fihtan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition