fight

fight fire with fire use the weapons or tactics of your enemy or opponent, even if you find them distasteful.

2011BusinessPundit Maybe it's the idea of 'fighting fire with fire', but using malaria to fight syphilis sounds like burning down your house just to kill the roaches.

fight the good fight do your best always to live up to the tenets of your religion, especially Christianity.

☞ The expression originated in the Bible: 'Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life' (1 Timothy 6:12).

fight like cat and dog: seecat.

fight or flight the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies you either to resist violently or to run away.

fight shy of be unwilling to undertake or become involved with.

2013Daily Telegraph If you are going to have a review of the police, is a Royal Commission the best vehicle? Governments over the years have fought shy of them.

a fight to the finish: seefinish.

fight tooth and nail: seetooth.

fight your corner: seecorner.

have a dog in the fight: seedog.

live to fight another day: seelive.

pick a fight: seepick.