fight back
(intr) to resist an attack
(intr) to counterattack
(tr) to struggle to repress: she tried to fight back her tears
an act or campaign of resistance
a counterattack
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How to use fight back in a sentence
But while local groups fight back, the NRA is staying on the sidelines.
In some cases, such as those of Dallas nurses Nina Pham and Amber Vinson, the body figures out how to fight back.
The British establishment was furious, and it was the irascible Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, who lead the fight-back.
Sanford informs that he plans to get a lawyer, whom he will “instruct… not to fight back.”
To be fair, he told me that he would kill me while he throttled my neck, and once I broke free I tried desperately to fight back.
I Was Pregnant When He Hit Me. Here's #WhyIStayed. | Anonymous | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Tom had quickly whispered to those nearest the pole not to fight back, but to offer passive resistance.
Tom Fairfield's Schooldays | Allen ChapmanThe child stabbed a fist into one eye and then into the other to fight back the tears.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersIt was all that I could do to fight back the telltale moodiness I felt rising in my face, for I knew her eyes were on me.
The Wasted Generation | Owen JohnsonI blamed old age, but it never occurred to me to actually fight back.
He knew how brave they were, and how well they could fight back of a screen.
The Life of George Washington | Josephine Pollard
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