fight back

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [fahyt bak]
- /faɪt bæk/
- /faɪt bæk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [fahyt bak]
- /faɪt bæk/

Definitions of fight back words

intransitivephrasal verb fight back retaliate 1
phrasal verb fight back If you fight back against someone or something that is attacking or harming you, you resist them actively or attack them. 0
phrasal verb fight back If you fight back an emotion or a desire, you try very hard not to feel it, show it, or act on it. 0
verb fight back to resist an attack 0
verb fight back to counterattack 0
verb fight back to struggle to repress 0

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Parts of speech for Fight back

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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fight back popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for fight back

verb fight back

retaliate — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
bottle up — If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
check — Check is also a noun.
contain — If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.

All 18 Synonyms of fight back