fight · fight a situation in which people hit or attack each other because of an argument, or as a sportHe had a fight with an older boy. · battle a fight ... Fight · Fight back · Fight a losing battle · Fight fire with fire

noun [uncountable] when people or groups fight each other in a war, in the street etc fighting between heavy fighting between government and rebel forces.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfight somebody/something ↔ off phrasal verb1 VIOLENTto keep someone away, or stop them doing something to you ...

phrasal verb to argue or fight until a disagreement is settled. We left them to fight it out. → fight → See Verb table

to argue with someone, or compete in a difficult situation, without having help from other people – used to show approval

noun [countable] a fight in which people hit each other with their bare fists. Examples from the Corpus fist fight.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfight something ↔ down phrasal verbto try hard not to have or show a feeling Doug fought down a feeling of ...

to move somewhere with difficulty, for example because there are so many people around you. We fought our way through the crowd.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfire fightˈfire fight noun [countable] technical WARa short gun battle, involving soldiers or the ...

2 FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethingto use violence or arguments against someone who has attacked you or argued with you The rebels are fighting back.