All fight off synonyms

verb fight off

• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• rebut — to refute by evidence or argument.
• nix — nothing.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• resist — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• retaliate — to return like for like, especially evil for evil: to retaliate for an injury.
• stave off — one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
• beat off — to drive back; repel
• ward off — a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
• brush off — If someone brushes you off when you speak to them, they refuse to talk to you or be nice to you.
• set back — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
• heave-ho — an act of rejection, dismissal, or forcible ejection: The bartender gave the noisy drunk the old heave-ho.
• hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep off — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• throw back — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
• 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.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
• reply — followup
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.