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fight  audio  (ft) KEY 

VERB:
fought  (fôt) KEY , fight·ing, fights
VERB:
intr.
    1. To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.
    2. Sports To engage in boxing or wrestling.
  2. To engage in a quarrel; argue: They are always fighting about money.
  3. To strive vigorously and resolutely: fought against graft; fighting for her rights.
VERB:
tr.
    1. To contend with physically or in battle.
    2. To wage or carry on (a battle).
    3. To contend for, by or as if by combat: "I now resolved that Calais should be fought to the death" (Winston S. Churchill).
    1. Sports To box or wrestle against in a ring.
    2. To participate in (a boxing match, for example).
  3. To set (a boxer, for example) in combat with another. See Synonyms at oppose.
  4. To contend with or struggle against: fight cancer; fight temptation.
  5. To try to prevent the development or success of.
  6. To make (one's way) by struggle or striving: fought my way to the top.
NOUN:
  1. A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons.
  2. A quarrel or conflict.
    1. A physical conflict between two or more individuals.
    2. Sports A boxing or wrestling match.
  4. A struggle to achieve an objective. See Synonyms at conflict.
  5. The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity: I just didn't have any fight left in me.

PHRASAL VERB:
fight off
To defend against or drive back (a hostile force, for example).

IDIOMS:
fight fire with fire
To combat one evil or one set of negative circumstances by reacting in kind.
fight shy of
To avoid meeting or confronting.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English fighten, from Old English feohtan, fihtan

OTHER FORMS:
fighta·bili·ty(Noun), fighta·ble(Adjective), fighting·ly(Adverb)


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