词组 | fight |
释义 | fight [fought, fought, fighting] fight back 1. fight back to defend yourself when someone attacks you or causes problems for you, and try to defeat them or stop them: ▪ Finn was wounded several times but he continued to fight back. ▪ Seles lost the first set, but then fought back to win the match 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. ▪ In the past people who were discriminated against were often too scared to fight back. fight-back n C when a person, team, organization etc defends themselves against an attacker or opponent and tries to defeat them: ▪ In the second half, United staged a fight-back that almost brought them victory. 2. fight back tears/anger/the urge to do sth etc to force yourself not to cry or show your feelings, or force yourself not to do something that you very much want to do: ▪ Fighting back his tears, he waved goodbye to her from the station platform. ▪ Sometimes I have to fight back the urge to hit him. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hold back fight down fight down sth • fight sth down to force yourself not to do something that you very much want to do, or force yourself not to be affected by your feelings: ▪ Janice fought down the impulse to scream. ▪ He steadied himself against the door, fighting down a wave of dizziness and nausea. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑fight back fight off 1. fight off sb/sth • fight sb/sth off to use violence to make someone or something who is attacking you go away: ▪ He fought off his attackers and called the police. ▪ The man tried to strangle her, but she managed to fight him off. 2. fight off sth • fight sth off to get rid of or try to get rid of an illness or an unpleasant feeling: ▪ If you take extra vitamin C, it helps your body to fight off colds. ▪ I tried to fight off my feelings of homesickness by going out as much as possible. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑ward off, ↑stave off 3. fight sb/sth off • fight off sb/sth to prevent an opponent from defeating you, for example in sport, business, or politics: ▪ Navratilova fought off Sanchez to win the final game of the tournament. ▪ The company had to fight off strong competition from its rivals in order to get the deal. ▪ So far Yeltsin has succeeded in fighting off every challenge to his leadership. fight out fight it out to fight or argue until one person, team etc wins: ▪ John and Margo are prepared to fight it out in court. ▪ Next Saturday United and Inter Milan will fight it out for the European Championships. fight it out among yourselves (=used to say that you do not want to be involved in someone else's argument or fight) ▪ Let them fight it out among themselves - it's none of our business. ■ SIMILAR TO: battle it out, slog it out BrE informal |
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