fight back

verb

1. (intr) to resist an attack

2. (intr) to counterattack

3. (tr) to struggle to repress

   she tried to fight back her tears

noun

1. an act or campaign of resistance

2. a counterattack

Example Sentences

“Let’s fight back and democracy can be defended,” a Proposition 50 backer wrote on a postcard to one voter.

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Kim Johnson, secretary of the state Health and Human Services Agency, discussed how California is fighting back.

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As for Verstappen, so buoyant after his win in Austin, he was feeling a lot more subdued after a messy first part of the race before fighting back to finish third behind Norris and Leclerc.

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"This is a broken system but we are fighting back."

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Norris leads the championship by just one point from team-mate Oscar Piastri, who fought back from seventh on the grid to finish fifth.

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Related Words

• resist 
• retaliate