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Definition of Fight off
1. Verb. Force or drive back. "Rebuff the attack"
Generic synonyms: Defend, Fight, Fight Back, Fight Down, Oppose
Derivative terms: Rebuff, Repulsive, Repulse, Repulsion
Definition of Fight off
1. Verb. To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack. ¹
2. Verb. To resist, particularly an infection or an emotion. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fight Off
Literary usage of Fight off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1894)
"CHAP. x. recognized admiral of Syracuse; yet the fight off Katane was lost for
Greece simply by the admiral neglecting the wise orders of the tyrant 1. ..."
2. The Popular History of England by Charles Knight (1880)
"Thi; fight off Gravelines.— The (light In the North.—The Deliverance.—The
Thanksgivings.—Spain makes new preparations.—Expeditions against Spain. ..."
3. The History of Greece by William Mitford (1823)
"... Skill of the Peloponnesians: Sea-fight off Actium : Accession of the Corcy-
... Sea-fight off ..."
4. The History of Ancient Greece: Its Colonies and Conquests, from the Earliest by John Gillies (1831)
"2 CHAPTER X. Sea fight off Artemisium—Xerxes ... Enters Attica—Magnanimity of
ike Alhe- niam—Sea fight off Salamis—Xerxes leaves ..."
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