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fight back

verb

  1. intr to resist an attack
  2. intr to counterattack
  3. tr to struggle to repress

    she tried to fight back her tears

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an act or campaign of resistance
  2. a counterattack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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At one point, she seemed to be fighting back tears.

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"We need him to fight back or get the f**k out."

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Now more than ever, Campbell and Posey stress the importance of being visible and fighting back, and fashion is their chosen vehicle for doing so.

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In his view, the studios who owned such copyrighted materials didn’t fight back hard enough.

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But she said creating the Impact Counter is her way of attempting to fight back.

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