fight off
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verb (tr, adverb)
to repulse; repel
to struggle to avoid or repressto fight off a cold
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fight off
Defend against, drive back, as in I've been fighting off a cold all week. This figurative use of the term, originally meaning “to repel an enemy” dates from the early 1800s.
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