English > fight back: 2 senses > verb 2, competitionMeaning | fight against or resist strongly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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Synonyms | fight, oppose, fight down, defend |
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Narrower | recalcitrate | show strong objection or repugnance |
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repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back | Force or drive back |
resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm | stand up or offer resistance / resistance to somebody or something |
resist, stand, fend | withstand the force of something |
Broader | contend, fight, struggle | Be engaged in a fight |
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Spanish | defenderse, defender, derrotar, enfrentarse, luchar, oponerse a, oponerse, oponer, pelear |
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Catalan | defensar-se, lluitar, oposar |
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