fight off

1. To attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons.

2. Sports To engage in boxing or wrestling.

To engage in a quarrel; argue: They are always fighting about money.

To strive vigorously and resolutely: fought against graft; fighting for her rights.

1. To contend with physically or in battle.

2. To wage or carry on (a battle).

3. To contend for, by or as if by combat: "I now resolved that Calais should be fought to the death" (Winston S. Churchill).

4. Sports To box or wrestle against in a ring.

5. To participate in (a boxing match, for example).

1. Sports To box or wrestle against in a ring.

2. To participate in (a boxing match, for example).

To set (a boxer, for example) in combat with another. See Synonyms at oppose.

To contend with or struggle against: fight cancer; fight temptation.

To try to prevent the development or success of.

To make (one's way) by struggle or striving: fought my way to the top.

A confrontation between opposing groups in which each attempts to harm or gain power over the other, as with bodily force or weapons.

A quarrel or conflict.

1. A physical conflict between two or more individuals.

2. Sports A boxing or wrestling match.

A struggle to achieve an objective. See Synonyms at conflict.

The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity: I just didn't have any fight left in me.