fight back
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Related Words for fight back
retaliate, resist, check, contain, control, curb, oppose, repel, reply, repress, repulse, restrainExamples from the Web for fight back
Contemporary Examples of fight back
The British establishment was furious, and it was the irascible Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who lead the fight-back.
In a televised address announcing that a fight-back had begun, he promised government forces would retake Mosul.
And now all three regions are at the forefront of the pro-Russian fight-back against the new national leaders in Kiev.
Despite the ISIS fight-back, al-Baghdadi is drawing criticism from important figures within al-Qaeda.