fought

[ fawt ]

/ fɔt /

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verb

simple past tense and past participle of fight.

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OTHER WORDS FROM fought

un·fought, adjectivewell-fought, adjective

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Foucault pendulum, Foucquet, foudre, foudroyant, fouetté, fought, Foujita, foul, foulage, foulard, foul ball

How to use fought in a sentence

The reason it failed is that people argued against, fought and ultimately defeated dominant 18th-century values, often overcoming serious entrenched interests to do so.
We teach students how to understand the U.S., not to love it — or hate it|Daniel Immerwahr|December 23, 2020|Washington Post
The Bolts hoisted their second ever Stanley Cup on Monday night after dispatching the Dallas Stars 2-0, bringing to an end a hard-fought but ultimately comfortable series after six games.
The Tampa Bay Lightning Finally Delivered On Their Stanley Cup Potential|Terrence Doyle|September 29, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Also, requesting world peace implies that there are no bad guys in the world who need to be fought.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The NRA has fought for the rights of felons to buy and own firearms.
The NRA’s Twisted List for Santa|John Feinblatt|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And its crew had fought so hard for a Christmastime miracle that was not to be.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But I fought, and I fought hard, so that others after me have hope, and a chance.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything|Liz Seccuro|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He fought it controversially, and at times in pretty boneheaded ways.
'The Newsroom' Ended As It Began: Weird, Controversial, and Noble|Kevin Fallon|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was under his auspices that the battle of Lepanto was fought, in which the Turks were so signally defeated.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
And all the while she fought him, she punctuated her blows with words, some abusing him, others in defense of her father.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Two artillery subalterns who had fought their way through a mob stricken with panic for the moment, soon arrived.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
They have fought countless bloody wars and have committed countless horrible atrocities in their zeal for Him.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
When Europeans, native travelers and mails were swept out of existence they fought each other.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy

British Dictionary definitions for fought

fought

/ (fɔːt) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of fight

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