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Definition of Fight down
1. Verb. Fight against or resist strongly. "Don't fight it!"
Generic synonyms: Contend, Fight, Struggle
Specialized synonyms: Recalcitrate, Fend, Resist, Stand, Hold Out, Resist, Stand Firm, Withstand, Drive Back, Fight Off, Rebuff, Repel, Repulse
Derivative terms: Defensive, Fight, Fighter, Fighter, Opponent, Opposer, Opposition
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fight Down
Literary usage of Fight down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Development of Tactics--World War by William Balck (1922)
"If at some points a block occurs in the forward movement through fire from some
trench, or from a machine gun nest, the tanks fight down the resistance. ..."
2. The Young Lady's Private Counselor: The Care of Mind and Body ... ; a Book by Melville Cox Keith (1890)
"And, if you have begun to fight down these passions, you will find that, from
one cause or another, you are more passionate directly after the menstrual ..."
3. The Honey-comb: Or, Nine-months by Ruth Van Saun (1920)
"Keep this seed in your body and fight down all passion as you would fight down
some beast that was clawing at your vitals. This seed is marrow to your bones ..."
4. Exciting Experiences in Our Wars with Spain and the Filipinos by Marshall Everett (1900)
"... From the labor does not shirk, Down below, He is shoveling day and night,
Feeding flames a-blazing bright, Keeping up a killing fight, Down below. ..."
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