fight back
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fight back
- /faɪt bæk/
- [fʌɪt bæk] Canada, US
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From fight and back.
verb fights back · fighting back · fought back
- To defend oneself by fighting. The bully hadn't been expecting his victim to fight back, and now the bully has quadriplegia.
- To counterattack (counterstrike); to resist an attack or respond after one. During the Pearl Harbor attack, the U.S. Navy began fighting back, and it wouldn't stop until August 1945.
- to repress; to struggle to repress. fight back tears
- To overturn a losing deficit.
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verb to defend oneself by fighting
| Italiano | difendersi, contrastare, combattere |
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verb to counterattack; to resist an attack
| Español | contraatacar |
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| 日本語 | 巻き返す makikaesu |
| Português | contra-atacar |
| Français | contre-attaquer |
| Italiano | contrattaccare |
| Ελληνικά | αντεπιτίθεμαι antepitíthemai |
verb to repress; to struggle to repress
| Italiano | reprimere |
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verb sports: to overturn a losing deficit
| Italiano | contrattaccare |
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Talk about this word "fight back." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fight%20back. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fight back. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fight%20back "fight back." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fight%20back.
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@misc{fight_back_2026,
title = {fight back},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fight%20back},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
